17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
17:10 So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.'"
What! do not How is it that our good Works merit which yet nothing, seeing God promiseth that he will give a Reward for them both in this Life, and in a future the Life to come?
This That Reward is not given of merit, but of Grace.
Heidelberg Catechism (1563), Question 63
What! do not our good works merit, which yet God will reward in this and in a future life?
How is it that our good works merit nothing, seeing God promiseth that he wil giue a reward for thē, both in this life, and in the life to come? That rewarde is not giuen of…
How saiest thou that our good workes deserue nothing, wheras God promiseth that hee will giue vs a reward for them, both in this life, and in the life to come? That reward is…