Inner Brotherhood in Philemon

Philemon 1:9-11 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Philemon 1 in context

Scripture Focus

9Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
10I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
11Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:
Philemon 1:9-11

Biblical Context

Paul, aged and imprisoned, appeals to Philemon for Onesimus, his son in bonds; Onesimus was unprofitable, but now profitable to both Philemon and Paul.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this letter, the Paul who speaks is the I AM—the mature, loving center of your consciousness. Onesimus stands for a trait or habit within you that once seemed unprofitable, a memory or resentment that blocked usefulness. The bonds are your present state of mind, a perceived limitation through which true transformation can awaken. Love’s plea—“for love's sake”—is your higher self inviting forgiveness, revision, and kinship with every part of you. When you align with this inner fatherhood, you reinstate the unprofitable as profitable, not by changing others but by changing your inner stance toward them. See Philemon and Onesimus as inner brothers, not master and slave, and watch the outer world align with this new consent. The shift occurs in awareness: the inner Oneness embraces all parts of you, dissolving judgment and revealing a unity that makes every part useful. It is a demonstration that imagination is the creator of reality, and that true brotherhood begins within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit in stillness and assume the role of the aged Paul within you, speaking to the Onesimus trait as a beloved brother. Repeat, 'I now declare you profitable to me and to all my life,' and feel forgiveness and unity rise in your awareness.

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