[anniegetyourgun]

Given that Paul was likely part of the Pharisaical order of his day and that those were required to be married, that seems to be unlikely. But I could be wrong.

[Aliska]

I guess we both can't be wrong :-). I wouldn't bet my life on it either way. There are many things we can't know for certain and can only attempt to interpret in the social context of the times.

It was the norm in those times to be married. It was Christ who introduced the concept of holiness and the single state . . ."those who are counted worthy of that life neither marry nor are given in marriage but are as the angels in heaven." I'm a little rusty but he may have been referring strictly to the afterlife. Still, His example as a single man (how the movie producers and writers have sought to tarnish that!) set a new model for one type of holiness.