Neville Goddard on Colossians 1:15-29 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

19For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

25Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

26Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

Colossians 1:15-29

Biblical Context

Colossians 1:15-29 presents Jesus as the visible image of God, through whom all things were created and reconciled. It proclaims that Christ dwells in you, the hope of glory, and calls you toward faith that remains unmoved.

Neville's Inner Vision

To receive this, turn your attention inward. The image of the invisible God is not a distant fact but the living pattern in your own consciousness. By him all things were created—flowing from the arising ideas of your awareness—he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. This is the inner order of your mind: Christ is the head of your body, the church of your experience, the firstborn from the dead so that in every circumstance Christ might have preeminence. It pleased the Father that in him fullness should dwell; therefore peace flows through your life not by outer change but by recognizing that reconciliation is accomplished in awareness. You who once believed you were alienated in mind now find yourself reconciled in the present moment. If you stand firmly in the faith, not moved by appearances, you are being presented holy, unblameable, unreproveable in that I AM consciousness. The great mystery is Christ in you, the riches of glory among the Gentiles, a truth revealed in you as your own abiding reality.