Neville Goddard on 1 Corinthians 7:5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Corinthians 7 in context

Scripture Focus

5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Biblical Context

Paul instructs spouses not to withhold from each other except by mutual consent for a time, so they can devote themselves to fasting and prayer, and to come together again to ward off temptation.

Neville's Inner Vision

Take this line as a doorway into your inner landscape. Defraud ye not one the other, says the I AM, reminding you that withholding is a misbelief of separation. The season of fasting and prayer is not punishment but a deliberate reorientation of attention back to the one life you share. In choosing a temporary pause, you affirm your unity in God and allow the inner cause—the belief in two—to dissolve in consciousness. Temptation arises when you imagine yourself as separate from your beloved; the remedy is the renewed feeling that you are already one Being, united in purpose and spirit. Return together not from duty, but from the certainty that you and your partner are one I AM, one life, one desire. When this inner state is established, the outward act follows as a natural expression of truth, and holiness manifests as fidelity to the awakened union within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and affirm, I and my beloved are already one. Then consent to a brief pause for prayer, and feel the moment of reunion as if it is already established.