Neville Goddard on Romans 15:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 15 in context

Scripture Focus

1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

2Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

3For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Romans 15:1-4

Biblical Context

The strong should bear the weaknesses of others and seek the good of their neighbor for edification. It points to Christ's self-forgetful example and to learning through scripture that cultivates patience and hope.

Neville's Inner Vision

Suppose you are not a separate self, but the I Am that bears all burdens within your consciousness. When the command 'bear the infirmities of the weak' arises, enter the state where you hold within your awareness the limits you once called 'the other.' In that inner posture you do not seek your own satisfaction; you choose to edify your neighbor by living from a state that loves weakness as a call to compassion. Christ's example in the verse: he did not please himself, yet accepted the reproaches that fell on him. This becomes your inner drama: you accept imagined criticisms without defense, trusting they can be transmuted into patience and comfort through the scriptures you meditate upon. The written patterns are not distant facts but arrangements within your awareness, awakening hope as you practice mercy. Thus the strong are not rulers over others; they are clear states of loving attention, restoring unity to the inner body of God.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine you are the one bearing another's weakness; declare softly, 'I am the I AM bearing these infirmities for their edification,' then feel patience and comfort rising within as you hold that image.