Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 6:1-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 6 in context

Scripture Focus

1Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

2Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

3Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

4If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

5I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?

6But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

7Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

8Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.

9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

12All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

14And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.

15Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

16What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

17But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

1 Corinthians 6:1-20

Biblical Context

Paul urges settling disputes within the church rather than before outsiders. He proclaims believers to be temples of the Holy Spirit, washed, sanctified, and justified, and says the body is for the Lord.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this chapter your outer court is a reflection of an inner ordering. Do not seek law in the world with a brother, for the saints are the rightful judges of the inner world, and you, as a state of consciousness joined to the Lord, possess the authority to discern what pertains to life. Remember that the saints shall judge the world, and that you are already the one who judges in the realm of awareness. The lists of unrighteousness are not about others, but about states you once allowed to rule you; you are washed, sanctified, justified by the Name of Jesus and by the Spirit of God. All things are lawful to the self, yet not all things are expedient, for the body is not for fornication but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost within you; you are not your own. If you join yourself to a lesser state, you fracture your unity with the Lord. Therefore, turn your inner attention toward the one Spirit you share with the Lord, and let your inner judgments reflect the temple you truly are.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume you are the one who settles every matter by inward authority. Close your eyes, see the other person as a facet of your own state, and revise the scene until harmony fills the inner temple.