[metmom]

Which is why work is still required, right?

No, because the penalty for sin was paid. There's no sin left to pay for, for someone who has been forgiven. It's gone. That's what forgiveness is all about.

[Tribune7]

No, because the penalty for sin was paid. There's no sin left to pay for, for someone who has been forgiven.

That is true, the penalty for sin has been paid. But deeds are obviously still necessary. If they were not, Christ would not have commanded us to act.