No, this means being purged from the building of God by fire. It means this person failed to survive the fires of the coming judgment. They were destroyed in the judgment, not saved as genuine believers will be saved through the fire.
1 Corinthians 3:9-16 KJV
9) For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
10) According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
11) For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
12) Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13) Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
14) If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15) If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
16) Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Peter 2:4-6 KJV
4) To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5) Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6) Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
The "living temple" has conterfeit stones? I would think the false Christians are false to us only, not to God, being part of His spiritual house.
Paul tells the Corinthian Christians, "Ye are God's building". I read this as a simple indicative statement, a propositional reality, that they are in fact God's building. Understanding this in light of Peter's passage, these are God's spiritual building. Ephesians 4 teaches us to be building each other up in love. And in Corinthians, we are to build with good things, not the wrong things, and in that passage, specifically, not causing division.
Every man's work will be made manifest . . . that is to say that everyone's converts will be shown true or false? Or is that to say that what everyone has done will be revealed for what it really is?
Continuing on into the next chapter,
1 Corinthians 4:1-6 KJV
1) Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2) Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
3) But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
4) For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
5) Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
6) And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
Paul continues to show he's talking on the same topic, and in this case telling us that Jesus' judgment will regard the counsels of our hearts, bringing to light secret things not even we know.
It really seems to me that this is talking about our efforts, and the motives for those efforts, as one plants, and another waters, but not for the results, whether a true or false convert, as it is God Who gives the increase.
So we don't take credit for that. The preaching is our work. The conversion is God's work, I should say.
Much love!
