Neville Goddard on Colossians 1:26-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Colossians 1 in context

Scripture Focus

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:

Colossians 1:26-27

Biblical Context

The verse says a mystery, hidden for ages, is now revealed to the saints. The mystery is that Christ dwells in you, the hope of glory, accessible to all.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Colossians, the mystery is not a distant doctrine but a law of consciousness. Ages and generations are layers of thought, and the Gentiles are the parts of your mind yet to realize their oneness with God. The saints are those who awaken to the undeniable fact that God is not out there but within, as I AM. The riches of this mystery are the riches of Christ revealed as your own inner state. Christ in you is the living consciousness that you, at this moment, are one with the divine presence. The 'hope of glory' is not a future wish but the immediate expectancy that every circumstance is a sign of your inner kingdom appearing. When you claim the I AM as your only reality and see others as expressions of that same life, the outer world rearranges to reflect that inner truth. The mystery becomes practical: you do not seek salvation outside yourself; you realize you are it. Your prayer becomes, ‘I am in you, and you are in me,’ and the outer experience aligns with that inner light.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, I am the Christ in me, now; feel the presence as a warm radiance filling your chest; revise any sense of lack by resting in that truth.