Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 - 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.

1 Corinthians 6:1-8

Biblical Context

Believers are urged to settle disputes among themselves within the church, rather than taking them before outsiders, and to avoid defrauding a brother.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this letter the saints are not a distant court but a revelation of your own inner state. When you are faced with a quarrel, to go before the unjust is to step into a lower scene of consciousness; your true court is the I AM that you are becoming aware of. The world you judge, the angels you know, are inner aspects of yourself, and the small matters of life are but reflections of your present state. Do you not know that you shall judge as you think you are? If you would judge rightly, set the matter to those least esteemed in the church—to your humbler self that is willing to suffer wrong or defraud rather than harbor grievance. The invitation is to revise the scene in imagination, to accept the outcome as already settled in you, and to dwell in mercy, unity, and humble discernment. In that inner act, the outer court loses power, and your life begins to reflect the justice you have assumed.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already the judge in harmony with your brethren; imagine the dispute settled in your consciousness, and feel the mercy of the outcome as real.