IMO, Elsie, faith and works are joined. We are kept by our faith; we are kept by our works. I don’t see that one can really separate faith and righteousness; one produces the other.
1 Corinthians 1:7-8
7. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.
8. He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 7:25
Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
Jude 1:24-25
24. To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--
25. to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.