We are punished by our sins, not for them.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.
One is punished by the very things by which he sins.
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone.
Therefore, sins of sex are punished in this life to a greater degree than some other sins.
Every painful consequence of sin is a part of the punishment meted out for sin.
To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.
Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they make us apt, ready, and inclined to lose grace and to fall into mortal sin.
We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.
God's commandments are not given to limit or punish us.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.