Bible in Basic English
"For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?"
— 2 Corinthians 2:2, Bible in Basic English
“For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?”
“For if I make you sorry, who then is he that maketh me glad but he that is made sorry by me? ”
“For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?”
“For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad but the one I caused to be sad?”
“For if I make you sorrowful, who is he then that can make me glad, but the same who is made sorrowful by me?”
“For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?”
But it was my decision for myself, not to come again to you with sorrow.
For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?
And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.
For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.
But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you).