Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
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.
A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.
Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility.
Every painful consequence of sin is a part of the punishment meted out for sin.
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.