Yes you can throw out works. Unless you think God can not know our faith, God does not need proof, We may, But God does not.
That passage said Abraham was declared righteous (saved) before he did one work.
The work was a natural response to faith. Not an addendum to faith to help his get saved.
Greek: autou gar esmen (1PPAI) poiema, ktisthentes (APPMPN) en Christo Iesou epi ergois agathois ois proetoimasen (PPPMPN) o theos hina en autois peripatesomen. (1PAAS)
BGT αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν ποίημα, κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς οἷς προητοίμασεν ὁ θεὸς, ἵνα ἐν αὐτοῖς περιπατήσωμεν.
Amplified: For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]. (Amplified Bible - Lockman)
NLT: For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (NLT - Tyndale House)
NLT (revised) For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
Phillips: The fact is that what we are we owe to the hand of God upon us. We are born afresh in Christ, and born to do those good deeds which God planned for us to do. (Phillips: Touchstone)
Wuest: for we are His handiwork, created in Christ Jesus with a view to good works which God prepared beforehand in order that within their sphere we may order our behavior. (Eerdmans Publishing - used by permission)
Young's Literal: for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.
KJV For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
NKJ For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
ESV For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
NET For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.
NIV For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
CSB For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.
NRS For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.
NAB For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them.
NJB We are God's work of art, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has already designated to make up our way of life.
GWN God has made us what we are. He has created us in Christ Jesus to live lives filled with good works that he has prepared for us to do.
BBE For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.