Neville Goddard on Galatians 2:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Galatians 2 in context

Scripture Focus

3But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:

4And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

5To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

Galatians 2:3-5

Biblical Context

Paul explains that Titus, a Greek, was not compelled to be circumcised. He and the others refused to yield to false brothers who would spy out their liberty and bring them into bondage, so the gospel truth could continue unshackled.

Neville's Inner Vision

See the scene as a mirror of your inner life. The circumcision is not a physical rite but a mental cut away from spontaneity—the old law you still carry in belief patterns. The false brethren are the private voices that whisper you must prove yourself, conform to a rule, or bow to judgment. They come secretly to spy out the liberty you possess in Christ, that inner freedom of consciousness that the I AM inherently knows. When you submit to them, even for a moment, you lend your awareness to bondage and you obscure the gospel that declares you already complete. The gospel truth here is not external acceptance but the recognition that your consciousness is free, that Christ—the perfect idea of God within—dwells in you unbound by any man-made law. Your task is to revise that inner script: assume the liberty-state now, feel the truth of being unbound, and let the inner witness say, I am free, I am one with God, nothing binds the I AM. This is how the early drama becomes your personal practice: you choose freedom over fear, and you live from the awareness that the kingdom is within.