Neville Goddard on Galatians 2:15-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Galatians 2 in context

Scripture Focus

15We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Galatians 2:15-16

Biblical Context

Paul states that justification comes not from keeping the law, but from faith in Jesus Christ. This justification is available to both Jews and Gentiles alike.

Neville's Inner Vision

Scripture reveals a turning of the wheel from outward rules to an inward certainty. When Paul says a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, he points to a reality you can only access within. The 'Jews by nature' and 'sinners of the Gentiles' are not about ethnicity; they are states of consciousness: the one who trusts in performance and rule-keeping, and the one who trusts in the Life within. The true I AM—the Christ within—does the judging and the justifying. Your justification is not earned by the deeds you perform, but granted by the faith you awaken in your own heart. To be justified by the faith of Christ means you align your imagination with the truth that you are one with God, that the divine life is your life now. Therefore, the external law cannot add to or take away this inner certainty. Practice living from that inner conviction, and the outward "works" lose their claim to define you; your sense of self flows from your inner spiritual fact.

Practice This Now

Assume for five minutes that you are already justified by the faith of Christ within you; feel the I AM as the ground of your life and let that certainty radiate into your day.