Luke 1:74 (WEB)

Passage

to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,

Nearby Context

Luke 1:72 to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,

Luke 1:73 the oath which he swore to Abraham, our father,

Luke 1:74 to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,

Luke 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

Luke 1:76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grant", "delivered", "hand", "enemies", "should", "serve", "without", and "fear". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grant" and "delivered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 73's "the oath which he swore to Abraham..." into verse 75's "In holiness and righteousness before him all...", so "grant" and "delivered" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grant" and "delivered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.