Neville Goddard on Titus 1:9-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Titus 1 in context

Scripture Focus

9Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

10For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

Titus 1:9-11

Biblical Context

The passage urges holding fast to the faithful word so one may exhort others and convince those who oppose; it warns of unruly, vain talkers and deceivers driven by greed that seek to subvert households.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the faithful word is not merely scripture; it is the I AM you are becoming. By holding fast to that word as taught in your inner school, you train your imagination to exhort and to convince the gainsayers without argument, simply by the clarity of your inner state. The “unruly and vain talkers” are only currents of habit and greed arising in consciousness; the circumcision, symbol of external law, stands as a distraction from the living Word. When you revise your inner landscape to align with sound doctrine—steadfast, loving, and practical—you experience the quiet authority that stops those voices in their tracks. Filthy lucre, fear, and manipulation lose their grip as you dwell in the truth that you are the I AM, and the Word within you is sufficient to restore order to any house of thought. Therefore the outer world mirrors your inward discipline: you exhort with peace, you convince with consistency, and you walk free of the deceiver's snare.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and repeat inwardly, I AM holding fast to the faithful word. Visualize the space around you becoming still as the inner word exerts authority over every restless voice; then revise a scene of deceit by declaring, 'My house is governed by the Word within,' and notice the shift in feeling.