In the Bible why Paul never married?

Answer 1

The Bible doesn't indicate that Paul never married; no specific statement is made one way or the other. Given all the available scriptural evidence, Paul seems to have been a widower.

Acts 26:10 - This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.

This testimony from Paul's hearing before Agrippa suggests that he was at one time a member of the Sanhedrin. If so, it was required that he be a married man.

However, it's obvious he did not have a wife by the time he wrote the following passage:

1 Corinthians 7:8, 9 - But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am; but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

The implication is that Paul was a widower and fully able to exercise self-control in matters of "passion." Thus he could encourage others to "remain even as I am;" unburdened by spousal obligations, thus better able to devote his life to Christ...not because of any commandment to remain unmarried (1 Cor. 9:5), but as a matter of prudence.

Answer 2

In 1 Corinthians 7:7-9, Paul explains that he believed it was more beneficial to remain unmarried in order to fully devote himself to serving God and spreading the Gospel. He also mentions that being single allows for undivided attention to the work of the Lord.