Neville Goddard on Galatians 4:12-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Galatians 4 in context

Scripture Focus

12Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

13Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

14And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

Galatians 4:12-14

Biblical Context

Paul asks the Galatians to imitate him, saying he is as they are, and that they have not harmed him. He recalls preaching in weakness and being received as if he were an angel of God.

Neville's Inner Vision

Paul’s plea in these lines is not a demand for image but a claim that the Galatians are one with the speaker in essence. Be as I am, for I am as you are: this is the recognition that the I AM within you and the I AM within another are the same intelligent presence. The infirmity of the flesh represents a momentary misidentification; through it, the gospel makes its entrance not by force but by the state of consciousness that welcomes it. When you preach from your weakness, you are not diminished; you are demonstrated as an angel of God to your own ears, a messenger welcomed as Christ Jesus to your life. The temptation you call 'in the flesh' is a faithful teacher—it shows where belief still fears union. Accept it, revise it, and let the acceptance you offer others become the acceptance you inhabit. The result is unity; your inner grace is mirrored in those who hear you.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the self you are, declaring: I am as they are; I am the I AM receiving and preaching grace. Feel the reception of your own message as a warm welcome, as if you were an angel of God.