What were the apostle Paul's final years like?

Answer 1

A:We can not be sure that Clement of Rome really knew anything about Paul, other than unreliable traditions passed down from long before his own time, but Clement is probably the only useful source we have on the last days of the Apostle Paul. It appears from the following extract that Clement believed Paul finally went to the "farthest bounds of the west" (probably Spain) and endured further persecution until his death:

1 Clement 5:5-6: "By reason of jealousy and strife Paul by his example pointed out the prize of patient endurance. After that he had been seven times in bonds, had been driven into exile, had been stoned, had preached in the East and in the West, he won the noble renown which was the reward of his faith, having taught righteousness unto the whole world and having reached the farthest bounds of the West; and when he had borne his testimony before the rulers, so he departed from the world and went unto the holy place, having been found a notable pattern of patient endurance."

Answer 2

he died