Jesus showed Nicodemus the need for radical change in everyone. That transformation is as great as the difference between flesh and spirit. The word "flesh" in the New Testament stands for fallen human nature alienated from God, the wicked moving towards doom.
Yesu alimwonyesha Nikodemo umuhimu kwa yeyote abadilishwe kabisa kabisa. Ugeuzi huu ni kuu jinsi ilivyo tofauti kati ya mwili na Roho. Neno “mwili” katika Agano Jipya inamaanisha utu wa asili ulioanguka dhambini na kutengwa na Mungu, mwendo mwovu wa kuelekea kifoni.