Neville Goddard on 2 Corinthians 8:9-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 8 in context

Scripture Focus

9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

10And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.

11Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.

2 Corinthians 8:9-11

Biblical Context

Paul points to Christ's grace as the motive for generosity. He urges a readiness to act that begins in inner willing and becomes outward doing.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is not a distant donation but a state of awareness you inhabit. When Paul says Jesus was rich and became poor for your sakes, imagine that richness not as material coins but as the fullness of your I AM consciousness, willing to know itself as provision. Poverty, in this sense, is the old belief that you lack; poverty is shed as you identify with the poverty of the old self and awaken the new economy of Spirit. The line 'that ye through his poverty might be rich' invites you to renew your sense of what richness is: not accumulation, but the clarity that you already possess all that matters in the one life. As you began to will to give a year ago, you prepared the ground; now the invitation is to perform the doing from that inner ground. The expediency lies in your inner readiness, not in external results. Therefore, revise the mental picture until your outer acts flow from the inner conviction: you are the I AM, and wealth is your natural state.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are already rich in grace. Then, today, perform a small act of generosity from that inner fullness, using what you already have.