I see grace as the mechanism through which faith is given. But, there are other gifts we can get through grace which, while good, are not essential to salvation. Faith is. Lots of folks do good deeds, but if they don’t act through the gift of faith they are just good things.
Yes, but that verse says Salvation is BY grace through faith. Faith is essential. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. The just shall live by faith. But it still comes back to BY GRACE you have been saved THROUGH faith. Either way, “good works” are a by-product, and certainly not the source of Salvation.