for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

 (b) In the New Testament there is always the idea of sheer generosity. Grace is something unearned and undeserved. It is opposed to that which is a debt. Paul says that if it is a case of earning things, the reward is not a matter of grace, but of debt ( Romans 4:4). It is opposed to works. Paul says that God's election of his chosen people is not the consequence of works, but of grace ( Romans 11:6). 