Luke 1:4 - Plain English Version

⁴ You already heard some of this, but I want you to know the right story, and I want you to be sure about it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ that thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ [My purpose is] that you may know the full truth and understand with certainty and security against error the accounts (histories) and doctrines of the faith of which you have been informed and in which you have been orally instructed.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things wherein thou wast instructed.

Common English Bible

⁴ I want you to have confidence in the soundness of the instruction you have received.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ so that you might know the truthfulness of those words by which you have been instructed.

Luke 1:4 Cross References

John 20:31

But I wrote about some of the things he did so that you can believe that Jesus is the Christ, the special man that God promised to send to save us, and so that you can believe that he is God’s son. And if you believe in him, you will live with God for ever.

1 Corinthians 14:19

But if I talk in a church meeting, I want to tell people more about God, and I want them to understand my words. So, I reckon, if I say 5 words that they can understand, that is better than if I say 10,000 words in a special language that they can’t understand.

Galatians 6:6

By the way, remember this too. If somebody teaches you God’s word, you have to share your money, and food, and other good things with that teacher.