Neville Goddard on 2 John 1:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 John 1 in context

Scripture Focus

5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

6And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

2 John 1:5-6

Biblical Context

John repeats the ancient commandment to love one another and to walk in the commandments; it presents a timeless inner law rather than a new rule.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, you are not asked to invent a new rule. The letter speaks of an inner law planted at the beginning of your consciousness. To love one another is not an external duty but the natural movement of the I AM when it is awake. Walking after his commandments means you align your entire sense of self with the immutable order you already possess. The beginning is not in time but in consciousness: love is the energy that holds the universe together, and in you it becomes the state you assume. When you act from this inner alignment, the outward world mirrors your inner agreement; neighbors become not objects to be judged but expressions of the same divine life. Practice therefore by assuming you are already living in this love and obedience, and let your imagination be the instrument by which you feel that you are walking in the law. See yourself as united with others under the same primal command, and notice how untroubled thoughts and kind actions flow from that state.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: close your eyes and assume the state of loving obedience; imagine walking with a neighbor under the primal law, until that oneness feels real.