Neville Goddard on Philippians 3:4-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Philippians 3 in context

Scripture Focus

4Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

5Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

6Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

Philippians 3:4-6

Biblical Context

Paul catalogs his fleshly credentials to show what he trusted in. Yet he signals that true ground is beyond the flesh, found in inner consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Here the apostle shows a man clinging to external signs—circumcision, tribe, zeal, and a law-blameless record. I hear Neville reading this as a state of consciousness, not a pedigree. The I AM within you does not owe its existence to fleshly lines or to religious works; it is awareness itself, the observer. When I identify with the 'flesh'—my past, my certificates, my righteousness-by-law—I am living in a dream of separation. The moment I revise that assumption, I awaken to the truth that the only ground of being is the inner state I call the I AM. The 'righteousness' I seek is the alignment of my present awareness with the truth of being, not the enforcement of rules. So Philippians 3:4-6 invites you to drop the vanity of flesh and to assume the I AM here and now, feel it real, and watch life conform to that inner reality.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I AM.' Feel the presence of awareness rise as the new ground of your life, and revise every label—flesh, past, titles—into the I AM.