“That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.”
So that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught — the purpose of the orderly account is certainty (asphaleia, security, reliability) for Theophilus about what he has already heard as a catechumen. The Gospel is not written to replace oral instruction but to confirm and ground it in careful historical investigation. Luke's stated purpose is apologetic in the best sense: providing the foundation for confident, well-grounded faith rather than faith based on hearsay or rumor.
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