Neville Goddard on Colossians 2:4-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Colossians 2 in context

Scripture Focus

4And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

5For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

8Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Colossians 2:4-8

Biblical Context

Paul cautions not to be beguiled by enticing words. He urges them to walk in Christ, rooted and built up in faith, while guarding against worldly philosophy.

Neville's Inner Vision

Colossians 2:4–8 speaks to the inner warrior of consciousness. The beguiling words are not merely words but subtle streams of thought tugging you away from your true nature. In Neville’s sense, the scene is not external pressure but a shifting state of mind: the moment you forget that you are the I AM, you begin to be swayed by philosophy and the vain deceit of the world. The apostle’s absent body is no distance at all, for spirit is present wherever your attention rests. Your task is to walk as one who is already Christed, to be rooted and built up in Him by constant inner recognition that Christ Jesus the Lord is the active principle in you. Stability comes with gratitude; you establish faith by living from the awareness that your inner life is not a belief but a state of being. The verse invites you to inquire within and align your imagination with that living truth, rather than chasing external systems. In short, keep your attention on the inner Lord and watch the outer world conform to it.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume: I am one with Christ Jesus the Lord; I walk in Him now. Feel the rooted stability in your chest and let gratitude rise as you revise distracting thoughts into Christ-imagined reality.