If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved — even as one escaping through the flames — if the materials burn (wood, hay, straw), the builder loses their work's reward but 'will be saved' (sōthēsetai). The image 'as one escaping through the flames' (hōs dia pyros) is vivid: barely rescued. This indicates judgment on deeds, not on persons; believers are saved but may suffer loss of reward.

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