Neville Goddard on 2 Corinthians 9:12-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Corinthians 9 in context

Scripture Focus

12For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

13Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;

14And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

15Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

2 Corinthians 9:12-15

Biblical Context

The passage says that administering this service meets saints' needs and overflows with thanksgiving to God. It shows your professed obedience to the gospel and prompts prayer, all pointing to the grace of God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Reframe this text as a study in the psychology of abundance. In truth, the 'administration of this service' is an inner act: when you imagine yourself as the keeper and distributor of grace, you supply not only the 'saints' but your own state of consciousness, and the grateful praise of God arises as a natural ripple. The saints are facets of your own mind in want; by the act of giving to them you acknowledge your oneness with the gospel of Christ—the realized truth that you are subject to divine order. Your 'liberal distribution' is the generous outflow of your God-state into all states of awareness; prayers from others are not external petitions but the echo of your expanding grace awakening others to their own I AM. The 'exceeding grace of God in you' is the inner gift that grows as you dwell in this reality. The unspeakable gift in verse 15 is the recognition that all provision is the manifestation of God within you, and gratitude is the key that keeps it real.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the state, 'I am the generous distribution of grace.' In your imagination supply the inner saints and feel the thanksgiving of God rising as your consciousness expands.