<p>3:7 <i>Do not marvel at what I said to you: You must be born anew</i>- Nicodemus considered himself spiritually mature, hence the appeal for him not to marvel that he must be born again. The idea that we must fundamentally change and be changed, become someone we were not previously, allow our innermost person to be radically reborn... is not really what established, middle aged, middle class people want to hear. And so the Lord had to urge Nicodemus: &quot;Do not marvel...&quot;.</p>