John 1:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But to all who have received him– those who believe in his name– he has given the right to become God’s children

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅσοι δὲ ἔλαβον αὐτόν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα Θεοῦ γενέσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ:

Transliteration

Hosoi de elabon auton, he edōken autois exousian tekna Theou genesthai, to the ones pisteuousin into the onoma autou:

Grammar Details

• *Hosoi*: relative pronoun, nominative masculine plural - as many as/whoever
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *elabon*: aorist active indicative 3rd person plural of *lambanō* - received/took
• *auton*: accusative masculine singular pronoun - him
• *edōken*: aorist active indicative 3rd person singular of *didōmi* - gave
• *autois*: dative masculine plural pronoun - to them
• *exousian*: accusative feminine singular - authority/right/power
• *tekna*: accusative neuter plural - children
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God
• *genesthai*: aorist middle infinitive of *ginomai* - to become
• *pisteuousin*: present active participle, dative masculine plural of *pisteuō* - believing/those who believe
• *onoma*: accusative neuter singular - name
• *autou*: genitive masculine singular pronoun - of him/his

Word Meanings

• *Hosoi*: as many as/whoever/all who
• *exousian*: authority/right/power/privilege
• *tekna*: children/offspring/descendants
• *genesthai*: to become/be born/come into existence
• *pisteuousin*: believing/trusting/having faith
• *onoma*: name/reputation/character/authority

Referenced Verses

• Gal 3:26 : 26 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.
• 1 John 3:1 : 1 (See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God’s children– and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him.
• Rom 8:14 : 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.
• 2 Cor 6:17-18 : 17 Therefore“come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord,“and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you, 18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters,” says the All-Powerful Lord.
• Col 2:6 : 6 Warnings Against the Adoption of False Philosophies Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
• Isa 56:5 : 5 I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument that will be better than sons and daughters. I will set up a permanent monument for them that will remain.
• Matt 10:40 : 40 Rewards“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
• John 3:18 : 18 The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
• Jer 3:19 : 19 “I thought to myself,‘Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!’ I thought you would call me,‘Father’ and would never cease being loyal to me.
• Matt 18:5 : 5 And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me.
• 1 John 5:12-13 : 12 The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life. 13 Assurance of Eternal Life I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
• 1 John 3:23 : 23 Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.
• John 1:7 : 7 He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.
• Gal 4:6 : 6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls“Abba! Father!”
• Hos 1:10 : 10 The Restoration of Israel(2:1) However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them,“You are not my people,” it will be said to them,“You are children of the living God!”
• Matt 12:21 : 21 And in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
• John 11:52 : 52 and not for the Jewish nation only, but to gather together into one the children of God who are scattered.)
• John 20:31 : 31 But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
• Acts 3:16 : 16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man– whom you see and know– strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.
• 2 Pet 1:4 : 4 Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire.
• John 2:23 : 23 Jesus at the Passover Feast Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing.