2 Corinthians 2:2

For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad ¹  but the one I caused to be sad?

For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved?

For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?

For if I cause you pain and make you sad, who is going to make me glad?

If by merely showing up I would put you in an embarrassingly painful position, how would you then be free to cheer and refresh me?

For if I give you sorrow, who then will make me glad, but he who is made sad by me?

For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained?

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

For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad ¹  but the one I caused to be sad?

¹ tn Or “to cheer me up.” L&N 25.131 translates this “For if I were to make you sad, who would be left to cheer me up?”