Neville Goddard on Romans 15:17-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 15 in context

Scripture Focus

17I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.

18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

Romans 15:17-19

Biblical Context

Paul states that his glory is in what Christ has wrought through him, and he will not claim for himself any work Christ did not perform. By mighty signs and wonders, powered by the Spirit, he fully preached the gospel from Jerusalem to Illyricum.

Neville's Inner Vision

Paul’s words illuminate a shift from external achievement to inner realization. In Neville’s terms, Christ is the I AM awakening within your mind, and the 'things that pertain to God' are the alignments of your inner state with divine possibility. When he says he will not boast of what Christ has not wrought by him, he teaches that outward demonstrations—speaking to the Gentiles, producing obedience, performing mighty deeds—originate in a transformation of consciousness. The gospel becomes a living energy moving from your center (Jerusalem) outward to every area of life (Illyricum). Through the Spirit’s power within you, inner conviction births outward signs. The visible results are reflections of a state you have assumed and felt as real. The core message: God’s work is already complete within you; you are the instrument by which it manifests, and your awareness determines what appears in experience.

Practice This Now

Impose the assumption that Christ has already wrought everything through you; feel the inner certainty as if the gospel is fully preached from your center outward. Then act from that felt complete state, and observe outward signs reflecting the inner glory.