Neville Goddard on Philippians 1:9-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Philippians 1 in context

Scripture Focus

9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;

10That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;

Philippians 1:9-10

Biblical Context

Paul asks that their love may abound more and more in knowledge and all discernment, so they may approve things that are excellent and be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ.

Neville's Inner Vision

Beloved, the verse invites you to discover that love is a state of awareness, not a mere emotion. When you say, let your love abound in knowledge and judgment, you are inviting your inner I AM to grow wiser and kinder at once. Knowledge here is the reception of truth within your own consciousness; discernment is the power to sift appearances from reality, to choose what truly serves your highest good. The day of Christ appears as your own inner reform—a sincerity that no longer causes offense, a purity that aligns thought, feeling, and deed. Your task is to imagine, feel, and inhabit the decision to approve what is excellent, not what is merely convenient. In this light, Paul’s prayer becomes a manual: cultivate a loving awareness that grows through knowing and judging rightly, until your life itself faithfully reflects that standard. You are not waiting upon God; you are awakening to the God-state already present within, and your surrounding world follows the elevation of your inner state.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and declare I AM—the loving, discerning I within me—now; dwell in that state and practice approving what is excellent, staying sincere, and free from offense for the day.