Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 7:39-40 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 7 in context

Scripture Focus

39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

40But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

1 Corinthians 7:39-40

Biblical Context

Marriage is bound by law while the spouse lives. Freedom to remarry comes after death, but remaining in the Lord brings greater happiness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Pause with this: the wife and husband are not persons but inner states of consciousness—the commitments and conditions you endure in mind. The 'law' is the outer circumstance you accept as real while that state persists. When the inner death of a former state occurs, you are free to assume a new state, and you do so within the Lord—within your I AM, your awakened awareness. Neville would urge you to seek harmony by remaining true to the inner covenant rather than clinging to outer form. The happiness Paul speaks of is the joy of alignment, a letting go of attachment and a confident choice of the state you deem real. If you persist in the inner assumption that you live now in the Lord, the outer life will follow—not by force, but by your consistent inner conviction. The Lord is not a distant rule but the I AM within, the governing consciousness that determines what you experience. Remain in that light, and freedom becomes your natural condition.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and repeat, 'I am in the Lord now,' imagining yourself already living in that inner liberty; hold the feeling for a few breaths and revise any sense of lack into alignment with your I AM.