Neville Goddard on 1 Peter 3:18-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Peter 3 in context

Scripture Focus

18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

19By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

1 Peter 3:18-19

Biblical Context

Peter states that Christ suffered for sins, died in the flesh, and was made alive by the Spirit, who then preached to the spirits in prison.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, the 'Christ' is your I AM—the awakened awareness beyond the ego. The suffering for sins marks the shedding of the old self you once identified with, and the 'just for the unjust' is the alignment of your true self with all that was once deemed unworthy. When you are 'quickened by the Spirit,' your consciousness rises into a life-filled perception of possibility. The line about going to preach to the 'spirits in prison' becomes a vivid image of addressing the imprisoned states within you—the fears, guilt, and memories of separation you have kept in dark corners. The Spirit within proclaims a life where those shadows are not enemies but states awaiting realization. The path to God is not a distant journey but a present act of inner awakening; you are already in God’s presence the moment you affirm, internally, 'I am.' Your inner sermon is a conversion, turning death into life in an instant.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, assume 'I am the I AM' as your current reality and feel it real; revise a recent sense of lack by acknowledging that it is forgiven and that you now live in life.