Neville Goddard on Galatians 4:13-14 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Galatians 4 in context

Scripture Focus

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 4:13-14

Biblical Context

Paul speaks of preaching the gospel despite bodily weakness, and that his audience did not despise his temptation but welcomed him as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that infirmity of the flesh is not a condemnation but a state of consciousness you are told to inhabit. The gospel Paul preached through that condition is the awareness of your I AM made visible, the living Word you imagine as real. When you dwell in that inner reality, the outer audience does not reject you; they mirror your inner reception and treat you as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus. The scene is a drama of consciousness: you are the messenger who delivers the gospel by simply being present in the truth you hold. The temptation in the flesh serves as the lure of doubt; yet faith refuses to argue with circumstance and instead confirms the inner fact. Thus the message is not about heroic effort but about assuming the feeling that you already are the Word in action. If you persist in imagining the Gospel as true of your very life, your relationships and circumstances will reflect the same reality. You become the instrument through which the Christ appears, even in weakness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit in silence and assume your present state is the gospel you preach. Feel yourself seen by others as an angel of God, and let that assumption dissolve the sense of weakness into strength.