James & Jesus
Author: Steve Amato
Description: A Comparison of James and the Sermon on the Mount

James Bible Study Guides
James | 1a | 1b | 1c | 2a | 2b | 3a | 3b | 4a | 4b | 5a | 5b

# JAMES

### A Comparison of James and the Sermon on the Mount

James | Sermon on the Mount | Subject
1:2 | Matt 5:10-12 Luke 6:22,23 | Joy in the midst of trials
1:4 | Matt 5:48 | God's desire and work in us: perfection
1:5 | Matt 7:7 | Asking God for good gifts
1:17 | Matt7:11 | God is the giver of good gifts
1:19,20 | Matt 5:22 | Command against anger
1:22,23 | Matt 7:24-27 | Contrast between hearers and doers
1:26,27 | Matt 7:21-23 | Religious person whose religion is useless
2:5 | Matt 5:3 | The poor as heirs of the kingdom
2:10 | Matt 5:19 | The whole moral law to be kept
2:11 | Matt 5:21,22 | Command against murder
2:13 | Matt 5:7; 6:14,15 | The merciful blessed The unmerciful condemned
2:14-26 | Matt 7:21-23 | Dead, worthless (and deceiving) faith
3:12 | Matt 7:16 Luke 6:44,45 | Tree producing what is in keeping with its kind
3:18 | Matt 5:9 | Blessing of those who make peace
4:2,3 | Matt 7:7,8 | Importance of asking God
4:4 | Matt 6:24 | Friendship with the world = hostility towards God
4:8 | Matt 5:8 | Blessing on and call for the pure in heart
4:9 | Matt 5:4 | Blessing and call for those who mourn
4:11,12 | Matt 7:1-5 | Command against wrongly judging others
4:13,14 | Matt 6:34 | Not focusing too much on tomorrow
5:1 | Luke 6:24-25 | Woe to the rich
5:2 | Matt 6:19-20 | Moth and rust spoiling earthly riches
5:6 | Luke 6:37 | Against condemning the righteous man
5:9 | Matt 5:22; 7:1 | Not judging - the Judge standing at the door
5:10 | Matt 5:12 | The prophets as examples of wrongful suffering
5:12 | Matt 5:33-37 | Not making hasty and irreverent oaths

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