Neville Goddard on Romans 1:8-15 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 1 in context

Scripture Focus

8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

10Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.

11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

12That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

13Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

15So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.

Romans 1:8-15

Biblical Context

Paul expresses gratitude for the Romans, quietly prays for them, and longs to visit to impart spiritual gifts so they may be established in faith; he sees himself as a debtor to all peoples and is ready to preach the gospel to Rome as a demonstration of his inner unity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Romans 1:8-15 speaks not of distant places but of an inner Rome existing within you. Paul’s thankfulness, his ceaseless prayers, and his longing to visit are all movements of consciousness, not outward events. Your faith spoken to the world means your inner state has become a known reality in the unseen; the world you visit is the landscape of your own mind and its sympathetic imagination. When he says he serves God with his spirit in the gospel, hear the I AM within you speaking through you as you tend to your inner church: you pray not to persuade others, but to align your own awareness with the truth you seek to embody. The desire to impart a spiritual gift is the urge to awaken established faculties in yourself and others; the mutual faith is the companionship of your higher and lower thoughts converging in harmony. Debtor to Greeks and barbarians, wise and unwise, is your recognition that all parts of your mind owe allegiance to the one living idea. You are ready to preach the gospel to Rome because you are already that state of consciousness, now becoming your lived experience.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, close your eyes, and imagine you are in a small gathering in Rome; you deliver the 'gospel' of your inner state, feeling established in every listener. Repeat 'I am ready to preach the gospel to Rome' until it becomes your lived certainty.