Neville Goddard on Galatians 1:13-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Galatians 1 in context

Scripture Focus

13For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

14And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

Galatians 1:13-14

Biblical Context

Paul recalls his former life, persecuting the church and excelling in Jewish religion. He emphasizes that his zeal came from tradition rather than from an inner truth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Remember, the Paul of Galatians 1:13-14 is not a man chained to ritually powerful past, but a state of consciousness you once wore: zeal for the traditions of your fathers, a fear of losing the outer form. The 'conversation in time past' is your memory of a self that sought validation through externals. In the I AM here and now, you may revise that memory by assuming a new fact: you are always the awareness that loves the church within and refuses to persecute it. The outer life of persecution and boastful religion reflects inner resistance, not fixed history. When you claim the present I AM, that resistance dissolves, and the zeal becomes faith, trust, and redemption within. The moment of awakening is a shift of state, not a change of fact; belief and imagination are the tools. As you dwell in the consciousness that you are the author of reality, the old 'conversation' ceases to rule you, and the inner kingdom rises to meet you.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, recall a moment of resistance to change, and silently assume, I am the grace now; feel the truth as real as your heartbeat. Then address the inner church as a fellowship within and declare, I belong to the I AM here, now.