Catechism of the Catholic Church ka sɛ: “Sɛ yɛne Kristo bɛsɔre a, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛne Kristo wu: ɛsɛ sɛ ‘yefi nipadua mu fie ha na yɛne Awurade kɔtra’. [2 Korintofo 5:8] Wɔ saa ‘adifi’ a ɛyɛ owu mu no, ɔkra no fi nipadua no mu. [Filipifo 1:23] Ɛbɛsan ne nipadua no aka abom wɔ awufo sɔre da no.” Nanso wɔ kyerɛw nsɛm a wɔafa mu nsɛm aka wɔ ha yi mu no, so ɔsomafo Paulo ka sɛ ɔkra no nwu bere a nipadua no awu, na afei atwɛn “Atemmu a Edi Akyiri” no, na asan ne nipadua no aka abom?

Paulo ka wɔ 2 Korintofo 5:8 sɛ: “Yɛyɛ nnam, na ɛyɛ yɛn fɛ mmom sɛ yebefi nipadua mu fie ha akɔtra ofie Awurade nkyɛn.” Ebinom gye di sɛ saa nsɛm yi kyerɛ mfinimfini tebea a wɔde twɛn. Saafo no twe adwene nso kɔ bɔhyɛ a Yesu de maa n’akyidifo anokwafo no sɛ ɔrekɔ akosiesie baabi ama wɔn, na ‘wabɛfa wɔn akɔ ne nkyɛn’ no so. Nanso bere bɛn na anidaso a ɛtete saa no bɛbam? Kristo kae sɛ ɛbɛbam bere a ‘wasan aba bio’ wɔ ne daakye ba mu no. (Yohane 14:1-3) Saa pɛpɛɛpɛ na Paulo kae wɔ 2 Korintofo 5:1-10 sɛ, anidaso a na Kristofo a wɔasra wɔn no nyinaa wɔ ne sɛ wobenya ɔsoro asetra. Ná ɛnnam ɔkra a enwu da nsusuwhunu bi so na wɔnam benya, na mmom ɛnam owusɔre bi so wɔ Kristo ba mu. (1 Korintofo 15:23, 42-44) Exegete Charles Masson de ba awiei sɛ 2 Korintofo 5:1-10 yɛ nea “yebetumi ate ase yiye afei, a ɛho nhia sɛ yɛde yɛn adwene kɔ ‘mfinimfini tebea’ ho nsusuwhunu bi so.”