Neville Goddard on 1 John 3:12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 John 3 in context

Scripture Focus

12Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

1 John 3:12

Biblical Context

Cain's act of killing is linked to his inner evil, while his brother's righteousness points to a contrasting inner state. The verse shows that what you do depends on the state you entertain in consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Cain is not a distant villain but a figure of the wicked one within every mind that forgets its true I AM. When you listen to that voice, you believe your thoughts and appetites are the source of reality, and you strike out at a brother as if he stands apart. Yet the text declares that Cain slew because his own works were evil. That is not a history lesson but a revelation: your external action is the natural fruit of the inner condition you accept as real. Abel's righteousness represents the inner state you imagine quiet, just, and beloved in the I AM that you are. To make peace with the brother you envy, you must shift your assumption from you are separate from me to I AM the one life, and I am seeing through the lens of righteousness. When you revise the inner movement replacing judgment with understanding, fear with love, the external conflict dissolves as the sun dissolves night. You are not condemned; you are invited to awaken to a higher consciousness.

Practice This Now

Impose the feeling of the higher self right now: I AM the life that casts no shadow of violence. See the brother not as other but as the same I AM, and revise every hostile thought by blessing him with your silent, luminous belief.