Neville Goddard on Romans 3:10-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 3 in context

Scripture Focus

10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

15Their feet are swift to shed blood:

16Destruction and misery are in their ways:

17And the way of peace have they not known:

18There is no fear of God before their eyes.

Romans 3:10-18

Biblical Context

The passage declares that there is none righteous, none understand, and none seek God. All have gone astray and the way of peace is not known.

Neville's Inner Vision

Read as a description of the mind when it forgets its oneness with the I AM, Romans 3:10–18 ceases to condemn others and becomes a chart of the inner world. The claim that there is none righteous, none understandeth, none seek God, speaks of a state of consciousness that has slid into fear, separation, and habit. The throat, tongue, and feet are symbolic signs of belief in powerlessness and drift, yet these signs are not fixed destinies but appearances in the dream of a separated self. The cure is not merit but remembrance: awaken to the I AM within and allow the sense of divine life to reform the scene. As you refuse to identify with the old self and instead dwell in the awareness that you are the I AM, righteousness is not something earned but revealed as your true nature. The belief that peace has not known its way dissolves when you revise the scene with the presence of God within you, and your world reorganizes itself around this peace. Practice this inward revision with patient feeling and watch how the external form follows your inner alignment to love.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of I AM now and revise the belief that anyone is separated from God. Dwell in the silent peace of your true self until it feels real.