780.
'Of all flesh in which there was the spirit of lifea means a new creature, or the fact that they received new life from the Lord. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'flesh' as all mankind in general
and a bodily-minded person in particular, as stated and shown already. Consequently 'flesh in which there was the spirit of life'a means a person who has been regenerated, for the Lord's life, which
is the life of charity and faith, is there within his proprium. Nobody is anything more than flesh, but when the life of charity and faith is breathed into him by the Lord, his flesh in that case is
made alive, becomes spiritual and celestial, and is called 'a new creature', Mark 16:15, from having been created anew.
Notes
a lit. of lives