τέκνα (tekna) in John 1:12: Noun Nominative Plural Neuter

Noun: the word names a person or reality, here the class of children or offspring rather than an action.

Nominative: this form commonly marks a subject or a complementary label, and here it works with the infinitive to describe the granted result.

Plural: the form presents the idea collectively, referring to more than one child or to a group in view.

Neuter: the noun belongs to the neuter grammatical class, which by itself does not make a theological claim about sex or status.

γενέσθαι and the phrase ἐξουσίαν.

The infinitive γενέσθαι governs the clause, so τέκνα Θεοῦ states the intended result or status connected with the granted authority.

It functions as the resulting designation of those who received him and believe in his name, describing what they are given the right to become.

It is not a standalone subject naming a separate actor, and the case alone does not force a predicate claim beyond the sentence context.

High: The nominative plural noun names the family status granted to those who receive the Son.

Nominative predicate designation with an infinitive. names the status those who receive him are given authority to become. Attached to τέκνα Θεοῦ γενέσθαι. Governed by γενέσθαι. The grammar names the granted identity; the sentence defines the recipients as those who receive and believe.

What are believers given the right to become? The noun names them as children of God.

Direct: The predicate designation directly supports rendering children of God.

The neuter plural form names children collectively and should not be turned into a gender or status hierarchy claim.

Neuter plural diminishes personhood: The neuter grammar belongs to the noun form; the verse speaks of real people receiving family status.

The witness reads τέκνα in John 1:12 within the clause ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα Θεοῦ γενέσθαι.

The lemma τέκνον normally means a child or offspring, so the form points to familial belonging rather than a new lexical idea.

Here the nominative plural neuter form fits the verbal idea of becoming, so it supports a result phrase about identity granted by God.

The verse says that receiving Christ and believing in his name leads to granted authority to become children of God.

This accords with John's wider emphasis on divine giving, belief, and belonging, while keeping the emphasis on God's initiative.

For teaching, the form can be explained as a collective identity term that highlights adopted belonging and shared status.

Do not derive a separate doctrine from the case ending alone, and do not make grammatical gender a claim about human gender.