2 Corinthians 2:2

For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?

Surrounding context

2:1 But I determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in sorrow.

2:2 For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad but the one who is made sorrowful by me?

2:3 And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.

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