Neville Goddard on 2 Corinthians 11:2-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 11 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

2 Corinthians 11:2-4

Biblical Context

Paul expresses a godly jealousy over the Corinthians, seeking to present them as a pure bride to Christ. He warns that minds can be beguiled by those preaching another Jesus or gospel, threatening the simplicity of Christ.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner theatre, the I AM is the one Husband and the constant consciousness you inhabit. The godly jealousy Paul speaks of is the tender zeal of awareness to keep your mind aligned with the single truth that Christ is not an external preacher but the Christ within—the one, indivisible reality you are aware of. When thoughts rise that preach another Jesus or a different spirit, you are not threatened by persons but by a shifting image within. Observe the movement of belief as you would watch a dream, and do not fight the dream—renew it. Assume the present moment that you are already the bride of the One; revise the scene to reflect that you are presented as a chaste virgin to Christ by your own awareness returning to unity. The cure is not rhetoric but returning to the simplicity of Christ as your inner state. Let every listening be filtered by this question: Is this thought advancing the one Jesus within, or drawing me from the original covenant of consciousness?

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit in quiet and declare I AM, the I AM within, espoused to Christ in the one Mind. When a thought of a different gospel arises, revise the scene to the single reality and feel it real.