Thanks for that. I think it is now instructive to put the whole thing in context, Paul’s views regarding those in service of the Church:
“This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous, one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?), not a novice, lest being puffed up with a pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. Moreover, he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil”
1 Timothy 3:1-7
There you have it: The full job description for service in the clergy of the Church. Right there from St. Paul in the New Testament. It doesn’t get any clearer than this. Clearly marriage and children are permissible for those in service of the Church. I cannot make it any more clear than this. I don’t know why others insist on obfuscating the truth.
And given that Paul was writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit those would be the directives of God himself not just Paul.