<p>2:10 <i>Not petty thieves</i>- See on :9 <i>Not argumentative.</i> The believers who were in slavery were told no to 'purloin', not to steal little bits of property and money in the hope that one day they would save enough to buy their freedom. And yet we in our century with our mortgages and pension schemes are in just the same desperate, petty, small minded position</p><p><i>But showing integrity in everything; that they in all things may make </i><i>attractive the doctrine of God our Saviour- </i>The psychological breakout from the awful mental trap of slavery... this was a huge advertisement for the teaching of the Gospel, and of the practical success of God's plan of salvation in Christ.</p>