^16 (A)Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save ^(B)both yourself and ^(C)your hearers.

¹⁶ But rise and ^(A)stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, ^(B)to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you, ^17 (C)delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—^(D)to whom I ^(E)am sending you ^18 (F)to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from ^(G)the power of Satan to God, that they may receive ^(H)forgiveness of sins and ^(I)a place among those who are sanctified ^(J)by faith in me.’