Men and women can choose to be judged according to their works. But it is not a good idea because without God in you as the life generating the works, you cannot do works of the quality which meets His Righteousness. As james taught, the works show what life is in the man. The works don't put the life in the man, they are the evidence of the life in the man.
6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 For we live by faith, not by sight. 8We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
The Ministry of Reconciliation is Christ in us, The Hope of Glory. The passage is explaining that believers will be judged in Heaven, then cleansed for the wedding. The cleansing is described as by fire, trying every believer's works. Some will have nothing but the spark left, as their works in the body since being born from above will be wood, hay, and stubble. But others will have gold, silver, and precious tones. These are what decorates the New Jerusalem showing up in Revelation, when Jesus returns with His Bride..