A.T. Robertson Commentary 1 Corinthians 9:4

"Have we no right to eat and to drink?" — 1 Corinthians 9:4 (ASV)

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. Romans 10:18f. (Robertson, Grammar, p. 1173).