Neville Goddard on Ephesians 4:11-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ephesians 4 in context

Scripture Focus

11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

16From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Ephesians 4:11-16

Biblical Context

Paul lists gifts given to the saints for ministry and for building the body of Christ. The aim is unity in faith and mature knowing of the Son of God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the page, the 'gifts' are not external offices but inner faculties waking in consciousness. The apostolic impulse is the inner vision that dares to name possibilities and calls your I AM to a higher arrangement. The prophets listen to the still, small voice within, filtering fear and enlarging perception. Evangelists encourage the awakening of others by witnessing the truth of your own state. The pastors and teachers tend the mind, nurturing the saints toward stability and clarity. The 'perfecting of the saints' is your mind becoming a perfect man in the measure of the fullness of Christ—the I AM perceiving through all its parts as one. 'Till we all come in the unity of the faith' means your inner faculties—feeling, belief, memory, imagination—coalesce in one Knowing of the Son of God. The wind of doctrine ceases when you stand firm in the truth you have accepted in love, for truth is creative when it is spoken with love. From this I AM, the whole interior body grows, every joint supplying its life, producing a love-fed edifice within.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already the mature Body of Christ; in stillness, imagine every inner faculty joined and supplying life to the whole. Feel the unity now, and act from that sense of I AM as your present reality.