Neville Goddard on 2 Corinthians 5:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 5 in context

Scripture Focus

1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

3If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

4For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

5Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 5:1-5

Biblical Context

Our earthly body is but a tent; God has prepared a lasting home in heaven. We groan for the heavenly clothing, so mortality might be swallowed by life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the 'earthly tabernacle' is a sign of a greater reality already at hand. The building of God, eternal in the heavens, is your true state of awareness—an I AM that does not decay. The groaning you feel is the old awareness resisting the new, the mind's habit of limitation. When you cease defining yourself by matter and instead assume the feeling of the heavens as already true, you clothe yourself with the heavenly garment. The Spirit’s earnest is not a future gift but a present witness, a seed of life germinating within your consciousness. You are not seeking to be alive; you are awakening to the life that already is you, and mortality is swallowed up by life as this inner reality asserts itself. Practice this shift now: imagine the body as a temple not made with hands, bathed in quiet radiance, and declare, inwardly, 'I am clothed with the heavenly house.'

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the feeling of the heavenly garment now. Say inwardly, 'I am clothed upon with my house from heaven,' until the sense of life swallowing mortality becomes real.