Neville Goddard on Ephesians 3:14-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ephesians 3 in context

Scripture Focus

14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

15Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Ephesians 3:14-19

Biblical Context

Paul prays that believers be strengthened inwardly by the Spirit and rooted in love. He desires they may grasp Christ's vast love and be filled with the fullness of God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice this is not a plea for God to change something outside you; it is a directive to your consciousness. The inner man is your present state of I AM, and being 'strengthened with might by his Spirit' means you empower your imagination to hold a consistent, faith-infused image. When 'Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith,' you are inviting the Christ-idea—the perfect you—to occupy your awareness. Being 'rooted and grounded in love' means your state is sustained by love rather than fear. The four dimensions—breadth, length, depth, height—are the four directions of consciousness through which you realize you are one with God. To 'know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge' is to know by direct experience, not theory: the felt presence of God within. In Neville terms, this is an invitation to assume a state: the I AM of God here and now. Your work is to dwell in that certainty until your outer life mirrors the fullness of God inside.

Practice This Now

Practice: Close your eyes and assume you are already strengthened in the inner man by the Spirit. Feel Christ dwelling in the heart and rooted in love, until the fullness of God becomes your natural awareness.