Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 6:1-7 - 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?

1 Corinthians 6:1-7

Biblical Context

Paul urges believers not to sue one another before unbelievers but to settle disputes within the church, highlighting humility and discernment as the true measure of justice.

Neville's Inner Vision

See, the letter is not about law as it stands, but about your inner courtroom. The world you judge outside is the mirror of the state you inhabit within. When you find yourself at odds with another, imagine that the saints—the awakened parts of your I AM—are the jurors in your mind. They do not plead for the letter, but elevate the state behind the letter. If you insist on presenting your case to an 'unjust' authority, you are proving you have yet to trust the rightful judge within. Remember: the very power to set matters straight is your awareness, not a verdict from without. If a dispute presses you, choose humility as your posture; rather than defend a name or claim, choose to suffer the wrong, and let the inner order restore balance. In that choice you release the external from its hold on you, and invite the external world to reflect your inward alignment. Your real work is in changing your condition of consciousness; the world follows.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In the moment of conflict, close your eyes and revise the scene so that you are already the wise inner judge who accepts the outcome with peace; feel the inner relief as if the dispute is resolved by your inner court.