Yep, but directionality and effort are still worthwhile endeavors. Nobody becomes truly virtuous by their own efforts. Neither Epicurus nor Epictetus claimed to have fully realized virtue. Plotinus maybe made such a claim but he’s an exception. Grace from God is absolutely and demonstrably necessary, but you gotta at least meet Him half way. Nobody’s praying between tequila shots at the strip club, if you know what I mean.