Neville Goddard on 2 Corinthians 2:10-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 2 in context

Scripture Focus

10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

2 Corinthians 2:10-11

Biblical Context

The passage instructs forgiving any offense and doing so in the Christ within, warning that withholding forgiveness empowers Satan; forgiveness serves your own spiritual realignment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Forgiveness is an act of revision within consciousness. You forgive 'them' not by appeasing an external person, but by choosing the Christ-state as the occupying reality of your mind. When you say 'I forgive,' you are rewriting the inner narrative so that the offense has no power to separate you from your true nature. 'In the person of Christ' points to identifying with the perfect I AM that forgives all immediately, here and now. The adversary called Satan is simply the fear-image that formation within your own thought can create; his devices are your unhealed grievances, your remembered slights and your doubting of your unity. By forgiving you dissolve that image and return to the inner Kingdom where there is no separation. You are not ignorant of his devices because you cease supporting the drama with your attention; forgiveness collapses the drama into one Presence, one Life, one Love. This is spiritual warfare against the belief in separation, won by quiet, disciplined alignment with the Christ within.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the scene: see the other person as a facet of your own higher self; repeat 'I forgive you in the Christ within me' and feel a warm release expanding from your chest until it fills your entire awareness.