As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.
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We are punished by our sins, not for them.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
One is punished by the very things by which he sins.
Every painful consequence of sin is a part of the punishment meted out for sin.
Therefore, sins of sex are punished in this life to a greater degree than some other 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.
To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.
We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.
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.
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
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