Neville Goddard on 2 Corinthians 10:9-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 10 in context

Scripture Focus

9That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

10For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

2 Corinthians 10:9-10

Biblical Context

Paul contrasts the perceived force of his letters with the weakness of his bodily presence and speech, illustrating that outer form is not the measure of true power.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider that 'letters' are the inner communications you choose to believe about yourself—your doctrines, your stories, the concepts you cling to. The 'bodily presence' and 'speech' are merely the outward costume your inner state wears in the world. True power, in this light, does not ride on a heavy letter or on a polished public voice; it flows from the consciousness that writes the letter and animates the mouth. If you chase weighty forms, you honor appearance; if you favor bodily strength or weakness, you mistake form for power. The real agent is the I AM within you, the awareness that makes every word and form alive. When you refuse to be terrified by words, when you revise the belief that strength must come from another’s gaze or from a outward letter, you release your inner conviction and watch your reality bend to your inner state. Your present experience is the fruit of a state you inhabit, not the verdict of external proof.