2 Corinthians 2:2

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?

2 Corinthians 2:8-9

2:8 Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. ²  2:9 For this reason also I wrote you: ³  to test you to see ⁴  if you are obedient in everything.

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?”

² tn Or “I urge you to show that your love for him is real.”

³ tn The word “you” is not in the Greek text, but is implied (as an understood direct object).

⁴ tn Grk “to know the proof of you,” that is, to know if the Corinthians’ obedience to Paul as an apostle was genuine (L&N 72.7).