For if I make you sorry, then who will make me glad but he who is made sorry by me?
Parallel translations
- KJV For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
- BSB For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
- NKJV For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?
- NASB For if I cause you sorrow, who then will be the one making me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?
- NLT For if I cause you grief, who will make me glad? Certainly not someone I have grieved.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 2 Cor 7:8For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a while.
- 2 Cor 1:14as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.
- Rom 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
- 1 Cor 12:26When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
- 2 Cor 11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?
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