In a 1925 speech to women missionaries, Gandhi, who was not Christian himself, wished to respectfully share the essence of the Sermon on the Mount from the Bible. He noted that there are thousands of men and women today who have not heard of the Bible or Jesus but have more faith and fear God more than some Christians who know the Bible and talk of its ten commandments.

1. In a speech to Women
Missionaries in 28 July 1925,
he said,
“…although I am myself not a
Christian, as an humble student
of the Bible, who approaches it
with faith and reverence, I wish
respectfully to place before you
the essence of the Sermon on the
Mount...There are thousands of
men and women today who,
though they may not have heard
about the Bible or Jesus have
more faith and are more god
fearing than Christians who
know the Bible and who talk of
its Ten Commandments..."