Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV And then, as putting the finishing stroke to the question about marriage, he adds: "Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge."[191] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VI Wherefore "marriage is honourable"[169] The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity those who have passed a wedded life in sanctity, and whose "bed has not been defiled."[32]