Inner Purity, Outer Living
Ephesians 5:3-4 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Ephesians 5 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Paul instructs that fornication, impurity, greed, and coarse talk have no place among saints. Instead, thanksgiving should fill speech and life.
Neville's Inner Vision
In Neville's reading, 'fornication' and 'uncleanness' symbolize inner states of desire and distraction your awareness has tolerated. The directive is not punishment but a revision of your inner weather: refuse to let such images take root and, instead, settle your attention on gratitude, which signals the I AM choosing a higher order. Your inner world is the stage on which reality is formed; thoughts become feelings, and feelings become conditions. If you claim you are grateful now, you shift your identity from a problem-bound self to a saint-created self—one whose speech and actions align with purity. The command to not name filthiness or foolish talk is a tuning of your consciousness to watchful reverence, while the practice of giving thanks acts as the wind that pushes away lower vibrations. In this light, holiness is a present possibility you assume, feel, and persist in until it manifests as your living state.
Practice This Now
Assume you are already pure and gratefully alive. Do this for a few minutes, feeling it-real in your body.
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