Neville Goddard on 2 Corinthians 11:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 11 in context

Scripture Focus

1Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.

2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

3But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

4For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

5For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.

6But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

2 Corinthians 11:1-6

Biblical Context

Paul asks them to bear with his folly to preserve their loyalty to Christ, as if betrothed to one husband; he warns that minds can be drawn away by clever substitutes: another Jesus, another spirit, or another gospel, and reaffirms his own firm knowledge and authority.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this text you are witnessing the drama of your own consciousness. The husband is the I AM, the unified awareness at the center of you; jealousy for one allegiance is the demand that your attention stay steadfast in Christ's simplicity—the direct, uncomplicated awareness of who you are. The serpent and Eve's subtleties are the subtle beliefs that distract you with clever substitutes: a different Jesus, a different spirit, a different gospel. When you hear voices of lack, doubt, or fear, you are being tempted to stray from your original state of wakeful oneness. Paul's claim to be not behind the chief apostles reminds you that true authority comes from inner certainty, not from appearances or rhetoric. The world's confusion dissolves when your mind accepts one truth: you are already complete in Christ, the single reality. If you imagine you are joined to another path, you merely unsettled your memory of your oneness; return to the simplicity that is in Christ, and you restore your wholeness.

Practice This Now

Practice: in a few quiet minutes, assume the state I am one with Christ now and feel it real. Then revise any thought of another gospel into the single truth of Christ's presence until that becomes your felt reality.