Neville Goddard on Colossians 4:15-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Colossians 4 in context

Scripture Focus

15Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

16And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.

Colossians 4:15-16

Biblical Context

Paul invites believers to greet the Laodicean brethren and to circulate the epistle so truth is shared beyond their own assembly. It emphasizes unity by treating the church as a household and all believers as one body.

Neville's Inner Vision

Take this text as a doorway into your inner kingdom. The 'brethren in Laodicea' are the friendly spirits within your own consciousness ready to recognize you as one with all life. 'Nymphas, and the church that is in his house' points to the intimate, habitual patterns of thought, the 'house church' of your everyday mind. When this epistle is read among you, and to be read also in the church of the Laodiceans, and that ye read the epistle from Laodicea, you are envisioned to circulate truth through every room of your mind. The reading is not external duty but inner alignment; the scripture becomes a lived reality in your awareness as you imagine it shared between the parts of you. The aim is unity: a single living I AM that greets and is greeted by every facet of your being. Even Laodicea—lukewarmness—becomes a prompt to awaken and revise until all emotions, senses, and actions are included in the one letter.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: In a moment of quiet, assume you have already read Colossians 4:15-16 within your inner church and that every room of your mind reads the letter back to you. Feel the unity as all parts of you warmly greet and acknowledge one another.