Neville Goddard on 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 6 in context

Scripture Focus

1We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

2(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

3Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

4But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

7By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

8By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

9As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

2 Corinthians 6:1-10

Biblical Context

Paul urges that grace not be wasted. Believers prove themselves as ministers of God through steadfast endurance and inner virtue.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the passage names the apostles’ trials, yet frames them as proof of an inner state. The 'minister of God' is not a title granted by others, but a function of your own consciousness, wearing the 'armor' of righteousness when you align with the truth that you are the I AM in expression. When you hear, 'now is the accepted time, behold, the day of salvation,' you hear the call to awaken to grace as a present reality, not a distant memory. Endurance appears as a continuous act of imagination—patience, purity, knowledge, longsuffering, kindness—each quality cultivated by your recognition of God within. The apparent opposites—honor/dishonor, evil/good report—are appearances in the dream that lose their grip when you know you are the one breathing life into the scene. 'As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing' means emotion follows belief; 'having nothing, yet possessing all things' declares your internal wealth is God's life. So, revise your sense of self until the world reflects your inner ministership.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the end—see yourself now as the minister of grace, clothed in righteousness, speaking with truth and love. Feel the presentness of salvation, and let your daily choices confirm this inner state.