Catholic Public Domain Version
"For if I make you sorrowful, then who is it that can make me glad, except the one who is made sorrowful by me? "
— 2 Corinthians 2:2, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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 give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad 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 I determined this within myself, not to return again to you in sorrow.
For if I make you sorrowful, then who is it that can make me glad, except the one who is made sorrowful by me?
And so, I wrote this same thing to you, so that I might not, when I arrive, add sorrow to sorrow for those with whom I ought to rejoice, having confidence in you in all things, so that my joy may be entirely yours.
For with much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not so that you would be sorrowful, but so that you might know the charity that I have more abundantly toward you.
But if anyone has brought sorrow, he has not sorrowed me. Yet, for my part, this is so that I might not burden all of you.