Neville Goddard on 2 Corinthians 10:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 10 in context

Scripture Focus

4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

6And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

2 Corinthians 10:4-6

Biblical Context

Our warfare is spiritual, not carnal. We cast down imaginations and bring every thought into obedience to Christ, remaining ready to act when obedience is fulfilled.

Neville's Inner Vision

The verse speaks to the theater of the mind, where the true battles occur. The so‑called weapons are not swords but states of consciousness; the 'strongholds' are stubborn imaginations piled up in the heart and seen as reality. I cast down every imagination that exalts itself against the knowledge of God by turning my attention to the I AM within—the living Christ in me. When I dwell in the awareness of God’s presence, the imagined walls crumble and the mind becomes a clear temple for truth. The 'knowledge of God' is the inner recognition that I am one with the divine reality I seek; to bring every thought into obedience to Christ is to align each moment with this undeniable truth. Obedience, in Neville’s sense, is not a forceful correction of others but a disciplined alignment of my inner state with the truth of my being. The readiness to revenge disobedience becomes a continuous inner revision until the external world faithfully mirrors the settled state of inner obedience. Thus, victory is you, here, now, consciously chosen and felt as real.

Practice This Now

Choose one persistent condition and, in quiet, assume it is already fulfilled. Feel the I AM within you affirming the state, then dwell in that realization until the imagination yields to truth.