Neville Goddard on John 15:12-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 15 in context

Scripture Focus

12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

John 15:12-15

Biblical Context

John 15:12–15 commands loving one another as Jesus loves us, and true love is a living alignment with the I AM. He calls you a friend when you obey the inner commandments and know the Father’s revelations.

Neville's Inner Vision

Jesus presents love as a state of consciousness rather than a distant rule. To love one another as He loves you is to imagine and dwell in the I AM within, so every encounter reflects that inner disposition. The “greater love” is ego surrender—choosing harmony over separation and willing to lay down personal preferences for the good of the whole. Being a friend means obeying the inner command and receiving the Father’s revelation through your own awareness, not through external performance. You are no longer a servant bound by fear; you are a friend who shares in the Father’s plans by conscious participation. When you inhabit this friendship, the Father’s truths become known to you as inner vision, and your imaginative acts shape a reality reflecting love, obedience, and intimate communion.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume the feeling of being loved as a friend of the inner I AM; visualize a friend and inwardly declare, I have made known unto you all things. Stay with that awareness until it feels real.