Question #136
of An Orthodox Catechism
Question
But can they who are converted to God, perfectly observe, and keep these Commandments?
Answer
No, but even the holiest Men as long they live, have only small Beginnings of1 this Obedience, yet so that they2 begin with an unfeigned and earnest desire and endeavour to live not according to some only, but according to all the Commandments of God.