Inner Generosity of Paul

2 Corinthians 12:13-16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 12 in context

Scripture Focus

13For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
2 Corinthians 12:13-16

Biblical Context

Paul explains he did not burden the Corinthians and that he is ready to come, seeking them, not their possessions. He hints at the deeper dynamic of mutual growth in love.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the stillness of your own awareness, think of Paul not as a man of external rules but as a symbol of your higher self, the I AM that knows no lack. The 'burden' is the old sense that life is a debt you must carry to prove love; the inner state speaks: I seek not yours, but you, for in seeing the other as your own divine image you awaken your abundance. When he says I will gladly spend and be spent for you, he reveals your true supply: you can give of yourself only from the fullness of consciousness that already resides in you. The more you love from that inner state, the more the world returns to you as unity and harmony, not as reciprocation of favors. The charge of 'guile' fades when you trust the inner arrangement: there is no separation between giver and given; it is all movement within the same I AM. So you may revise any sense of lack by recognizing that your generosity is simply your awareness of abundance, continually circulating in the kingdom within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume the feeling, 'I am abundantly supplied and freely spend myself for others.' See yourself as the one who gives and is given within, until this sensation becomes real.

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