So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’” — Luke 17:10

That’s not false humility—it’s the simple truth. Even our best obedience is what we owe, and apart from grace we’d have nothing to offer. Paul said he worked harder than all, but added, “yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me” (1 Cor. 15:10).