Neville Goddard on 2 Corinthians 2:12-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 2 in context

Scripture Focus

12Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

13I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.

14Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

15For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

16To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

17For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:12-17

Biblical Context

Paul arrives at Troas with an open door to preach, yet is unsettled because Titus is absent. He proclaims that God causes us to triumph in Christ, and that we become a sweet savour whose fragrance affects those who hear—either as life or as death—according to their state of consciousness; we speak sincerely, as unto God, in Christ.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine the Troas scene as a symbol of your own consciousness. The door opened unto me of the Lord is not a physical entrance but a disclosure in awareness that opportunity is always present when I AM sets the tone. My restlessness over Titus is the memory of a broader consciousness desiring companionship; when that inner ally is absent, I may feel unsettled, yet this is the perfect invitation to prove that the Lord's triumph is not dependent on projections outside but on the state I assume within. For God always causes us to triumph in Christ, for the triumph is the steady presence of truth in my mind. The savour of his knowledge is manifest by us in every place as the fragrance of your own conviction. To some the fragrance is life to life; to others it seems deadly, because their state of consciousness receives or rejects the light. We are not those who corrupt the word; we speak in sincerity, as unto God, in Christ. The inner victory is the real victory; let the outer events be but a reflection of the transformed heart.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly and assume, 'I am the triumph in Christ now manifest.' Feel the fragrance of knowledge filling you and carry that as your baseline into every conversation today.