Neville Goddard on Ephesians 2:1-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ephesians 2 in context

Scripture Focus

1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:1-7

Biblical Context

The passage describes how believers, formerly dead in trespasses and sins, are made alive with Christ. It also shows they are raised up and seated in heavenly places by grace.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your awakening in Ephesians 2:1–7 is an inner revision of identity. The deadness Paul speaks of is your former alignment with the carnal mind—the thought-world you called me by identification with conditions. The prince of the power of the air is the habitual voice of limitation you once believed and obeyed. God's mercy and His great love are not distant favors; they are your own I AM waking to itself. When you learn you were dead and yet quickened with Christ by grace, you begin to see the shift as a present act, not a future penalty or reward. The language of being raised up and seated in heavenly places points to a steady state of consciousness in which you observe life from your true Self rather than from the body or its wants. This grace is shown through Christ as your inner reality, unfolding as you dwell there. The ages to come reveal more of this richness as you persist in the realization that you and Christ are one, and your awareness structures experience.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and decisively adopt the risen self. Say I am seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus until that truth lands as fact.