Neville Goddard on 1 Peter 3:13-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Peter 3 in context

Scripture Focus

13And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

14But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

1 Peter 3:13-14

Biblical Context

Peter asks who can harm you if you do good. Even if you suffer for righteousness, you can choose happiness and banish fear.

Neville's Inner Vision

Let the reader understand that the threat he fears is not an external person but the inner belief of separateness from the good. The I AM within you—your essential awareness—lives by following what is right, and in that fidelity no true harm can touch the you who is one with the good. When suffering for righteousness arises, it is not a proof of your downfall but a call to revise your state. Happiness comes as a natural posture when you recognize you are already in the state of the good you seek. Do not fear their terror, for terror is the shadow of a mind out of alignment. Return to the I AM, feel yourself as one with the good you pursue, and watch fear dissolve. Your trials serve as signs to return to imagination, to the assumption that you stand in a perfect, untroubled presence. Imagination creates reality. To live this verse is to dwell in the present tense of protection and peace, letting outward events echo your inward fidelity to the good.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already in the state of good you follow, and feel it real in your chest until fear dissolves. Let the sense of I AM shield you from trepidation and guide your steps.