The best way to explain this is, the punishment fits the victim . If you were to hit your boss at work, you would likely be fired. Now if you were to hit the president of the U.S., you would get put in jail, for a long time, that s a felony. If you took the time to read the scripture reference before this sentence, you saw that after the declaration that all have sinned the scriptures go on. Paul then refers to a Justification that is free and by God s grace.
Justification is like forgiveness, but more.
Well, my friend you are right. God never let any sin go unpunished. This justification is like a judge looking at a defendant and saying, you have been declared guilty and sentenced to death, BUT . The but is where justification comes in. The judge went on to say, Because I am showing you grace, I am going to give to you my son.