1Cor 9:4-5 | RWP | e4.org | Have we no right? ( Μη ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν; ). Literary plural here though singular in . The μη in this double negative expects the answer "No" while ουκ goes with the verb εχομεν . "Do we fail to have the right?" Cf. . (Robertson, Grammar , p. 1173).

‏ 1 Corinthians 9:4-5

Have we no right? ( Μη ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν; ). Literary plural here though singular in 1-3. The μη in this double negative expects the answer "No" while ουκ goes with the verb εχομεν. "Do we fail to have the right?" Cf. Ro 10:18f. (Robertson, Grammar, p. 1173).

Have we no right? ( Μη ουκ εχομεν εξουσιαν; ). Same idiom.

To lead about a wife that is a believer? ( αδελφην γυναικα περιαγειν; ). Old verb περιαγω, intransitive in Ac 13:11. Two substantives in apposition, a sister a wife, a common Greek idiom. This is a plea for the support of the preacher's wife and children. Plainly Paul has no wife at this time.

And Cephas ( κα Κηφας ). Why is he singled out by name? Perhaps because of his prominence and because of the use of his name in the divisions in Corinth (1:12). It was well known that Peter was married (Mt 8:14). Paul mentions James by name in Ga 1:19 as one of the Lord's brothers. All the other apostles were either married or had the right to be.