Was Paul Ever Married?

Scripture-ish · Sep 28, 2026 · 25m · transcript

Some people think the apostle Paul might have been married at one point in his life. In fact, there was an early Christian tradition about it.

Eusebius the church historian in the early fourth century quoted Clement of Alexandria, who wrote at the turn of the third century.

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Clement, whose words we cited recently in the context of the previous quotation, enumerates, on account of those who reject marriage, those of the Apostles who were married, saying, “Or will they disapprove even of the Apostles? For…