Boldness Through Perfected Love
1 John 4:17-18 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read 1 John 4 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
1 John 4:17-18 teaches that love reaches fullness to give us boldness in judgment; as He is in essence, so are we in the world, and there is no fear where love reigns, since fear is expelled by perfected love.
Neville's Inner Vision
As Neville would say, the verse is not about instruction from without but a claim of your inner state. The day of judgment is your inner moment of self-recognition, where fear dissolves as love is acknowledged as your true nature; there is no separation when you know I AM truth within. When you state that 'as he is, so are we in this world,' you affirm that your outward life mirrors the divine inner reality. Fear is a shadow born of separation; perfect love casts it out because it declares you already one with God, not standing apart from Him. The boldness you seek arises from this immediate identification with the divine presence—the still, unmoved I AM within—so your mind shifts from doubt to confidence, and the world responds as a demonstration of that inner unity. Judgment becomes a friendly reminder that you are learning to live as love rather than fear. With this understanding, peace and future hope unfold as natural expressions of your perfected state.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and affirm, 'I am the I AM, the perfect love in this world.' Then revise any anxious thought by resting in that love until fear dissolves and you feel boldness already present.
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