1 John 2:29

In view of the preceding verse δίκαιος must refer to Christ (cf. 1 John 2:1), and it is equally certain that ἐξ αὐτοῦ refers to the Father, since “begotten of Christ” (cf. Tennyson's “our fair father Christ”) is not a Scriptural idea. The abrupt transition evinces St. John's sense of the oneness of the Father and the Son (cf. 1 John 2:24; John 10:30). γινώσκετε, scitote (Vulg.), rather cognoscite (Calv.), “get to know,” “recognise” (see note on 1 John 2:3); perceive the blessed inference, appropriate your birthright. It enfeebles the sentence to take the verb as indicat.