Inner Covenant Obedience Now
1 Corinthians 7:18-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 Corinthians 7 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Circumcision and uncircumcision are irrelevant; the keeping of God's commandments is what counts. The passage invites inner orientation over external identity.
Neville's Inner Vision
Beloved, you are not defined by outward signs but by the state of awareness you inhabit. The question about circumcision is a parable: you are called into a life where labels fall away and you attend to the living law within. Circumcision is nothing; uncircumcision is nothing; the one thing that matters is the keeping of the commandments of God, written in your consciousness. In this light, the commandments are not distant rules but the inward order of your I AM, your awareness that orders your thoughts, feelings, and choices. When you imagine yourself already in harmony with divine law, you awaken the inner disposition that makes outer circumstance bend to truth. Your sense of separation dissolves as you live-from the principle of love, integrity, and fidelity to the inner covenant. The outer signs lose authority because the inner reality—your alignment with God's commandments—becomes your habitual state. Practice by turning your attention from labels to the living law, and permit your imagination to certify that you are, now and always, keeping the commandments.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Assume you are currently keeping all the commandments and feel that inner certainty until it becomes your lived sense.
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