Which is exactly why our works do NOTHING to contribute to our salvation. They are worthless, like filthy rags in God's sight.
How can any person think that by adding our own polluted works to the gift of salvation God offers us, it will complete our faith and please God and satisfy Him?
God demands PERFECTION from us, something it is absolutely impossible for us to give Him because everything we do is stained and corrupted by sin.
The Catholic church is doing people a disservice by teaching or even implying that our filthy rags works somehow appease God and count towards our salvation. It's a deceit of the enemy.
I don’t know if this is true, but I have heard that the filty rags thing is a softened a bit in the translation.
I heard the literal translation is menstrual rags.
Need to look this up.