Neville Goddard on 2 Corinthians 9:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 9 in context

Scripture Focus

1For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:

2For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.

3Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:

4Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.

5Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.

2 Corinthians 9:1-5

Biblical Context

Paul urges the Corinthians to be ready to give, arranging their bounty in advance so that generosity is sincere, not coerced by covetousness. He wants ahead preparation to prevent shame when others arrive.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of this text as a mirror of your own inner state. The ministering to the saints is not a collection of coins but a movement of consciousness toward abundance. When the heart is forward in generosity, when you already “boast” of your readiness to give, you awaken a provision that precedes the act. The delay is not external; it is the inner resistance to the realization that you already possess enough to bless another. By sending the brethren ahead, Paul symbolizes the discipline of an inner committee that goes before your day, making your bounty ready not from covetousness but from a confident conviction that the kingdom is within you. Thus, your finances, errands, and acts of charity become alignment with an inner supply. If you feel lack, you are only interpreting a state rather than the truth; shift your state, and the means follow. Your imagination is the pump that draws from an inexhaustible reservoir; your deed is the outward sign of an inward assurance.

Practice This Now

Impose the assumption that you are the readiness of generosity. Feel the abundance as real, and make the next act (paying a bill, offering help, or gathering funds) as if the bounty is already prepared.