[BipolarBob]

Actually Paul wrote that he preferred it because it created a conflict of duties between family and the type of traveling preaching the Gospel that he did. But he wrote it was not a command but his preference so that clarified that God does not demand it nor prefer it.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

Exactly. Paul was single and traveling all over the Roman Empire spreading the Gospel. Obviously being single made it easier for him to travel from one city to the next. Paul never suggests that celibacy should be a requirement for service in the priesthood. Fact is no in the Bible suggests it.

As former Jewish Pharisee, Paul almost certainly was married at one point in his life, virtually a requirement for such a position. In later life Paul was single, probably a widower or divorced.

[marshmallow]

Actually Paul wrote that he preferred it because it created a conflict of duties between family and the type of traveling preaching the Gospel that he did. But he wrote it was not a command but his preference so that clarified that God does not demand it nor prefer it.

So you believe that Paul went to the trouble of writing down his thoughts on the virtues of the married and celibate states simply because he was "on the road" quite a bit?

Too funny!