Neville Goddard on Romans 7:14-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Romans 7 in context

Scripture Focus

14For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

Romans 7:14-16

Biblical Context

Paul exposes a clash between the spiritual law and a carnal mind; even when he wills the good, his actions reveal a conflict, yet he affirms the law's goodness. The verse invites an inner shift—realizing the law is good and that the I AM can govern by consciousness rather than by habit.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this passage the law is the spiritual principle residing as the I AM within you. The carnal self is a mistaken identification with limited thought, a state of consciousness sold under a false sense of sin. When you say what I would, that I do not, you are witnessing a friction between your desired state and the habitual mind; the remedy is to align with the inner law by assuming its truth and affirming it as already present. By consenting to the law's goodness, you awaken to the awareness that you are not defined by old actions but by the I AM, the steady, intelligent presence that governs. The struggle dissolves not by forcing action but by re-identifying with the law you are, and letting imagination train your world into harmony with that truth.

Practice This Now

Practice: Sit quietly and claim I AM the law within me, and it is good. Then revise a current friction by feeling the end-state as already true and slowly let that feeling permeate your actions.