Neville Goddard on 1 Peter 1:13-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Peter 1 in context

Scripture Focus

13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

1 Peter 1:13-21

Biblical Context

Peter urges a disciplined mind and sober hope as grace is revealed; live as obedient, holy beings because you are called to God. It contrasts empty tradition with the blood-bought redemption.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inward life is the true theater in which all actions occur. The exhortations are not commands to perform exterior reforms, but invitations to awaken to the reality that you are already holy in the I AM. Gird up the loins of your mind means to tighten your attention upon the assumption that you are now the image of God, justified and kept in grace. Be sober is a call to clear perception, not dull fear; hope to the end for the grace that is to be revealed through Jesus Christ becomes your confident expectation that the revelation of the Christ within is ongoing and present. As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to former lusts in ignorance, you shed the old self-image by mentally aligning with your true divine nature. Be ye holy, for I am holy, is the inner command: you are the vibration of holiness itself. If you call on the Father who judges according to each one's work, walk the earth in reverent awareness of the divine within, not in fear of punishment. You were not redeemed with corruptible things, but with the precious blood of Christ, meaning your inner light is priceless. Foreordained before the foundation of the world, you are now manifest as faith in God, the I AM you trust.