Neville Goddard on 2 Timothy 1:6-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Timothy 1 in context

Scripture Focus

6Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

8Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

2 Timothy 1:6-8

Biblical Context

Paul urges Timothy to rekindle the divine gift within him by the faith-imparting hands, and to endure the gospel without shame. God has not given a spirit of fear but of power, love, and a sound mind.

Neville's Inner Vision

All your life you have carried a latent gift, a divine endowment awaiting your conscious acknowledgment. The line about hands is a symbol: you stir it by your own consent, you authorize it by the living assumption that I AM you, and you are it now. Fear, says the text, is a counterfeit spirit; true spirit is power, love, and a sound mind—alive as your present awareness. When you face what seems like trial, you are not pressed by a tyrant outside; you are asked to maintain the inner state that the gospel confirms. Do not hide your inner testimony; let it be spoken in the quiet of your heart, and your outward world bears witness to the inner boldness. The power of God is the momentum of consciousness that you continue to choose, moment by moment, by staying faithful to the assumption that you already possess the gift.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, settle your breathing, and assume the gift is already stirred within you. Repeat softly, I am power, I am love, I am a sound mind, for five minutes, imagining that your life flows from that inner state.