Neville Goddard on John 15:18-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read John 15 in context

Scripture Focus

18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

21But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

John 15:18-21

Biblical Context

These verses announce that following Jesus may invite hatred and persecution from the world; you are not of the world, having been chosen out of it, so hostility from others arises as a signal of your inner separation. Their hatred points to an inner shift you are in the process of completing.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your true self, the I AM, has been chosen out of the world; the world’s hatred is not a verdict against you but a signal that the old mind clings to its familiar idols. When Jesus says the servant is not greater than the Lord, it invites you to stand in the inner authority rather than chase outward approval. Persecution arises from the remnants of fear within, not from a hostile God; as you assume the inner reality that you are the I AM, you reinterpret every outer event as the outer world resisting your risen consciousness. The line they know not Him that sent me means your neighbors and circumstances do not perceive God because God dwells in your inward state. Do not fight on the plane of appearance; revise the story until your heart feels the truth that you belong to the inner kingdom. The moment you dwell as one not of this world, the sting of hostility softens and its meaning becomes confirmation of your inner freedom.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, assume right now that you are not of the world and that you have been chosen out of it. Feel the inner peace of the I AM and revise any outward opposition as the world testing your consciousness into greater faith.