near (που) a century old as he now was, and the death-state of the womb of Sarah.= [Sidenote: Ver. 20.] =No, on the promise of God--he did not waver by his unbelief,[61] but received strength[62] by his (τῇ) faith, giving glory to God,= the "glory" of dealing with Him as being what He is, Almighty and All-true, [Sidenote: Ver. 21.] =and fully persuaded that what He has promised He is able actually to do.= [Sidenote: Ver. 22.] =Wherefore actually (καὶ) it was reckoned to him as righteousness.= Not because such a "giving to God the glory" which is only His eternal due was morally meritorious, in the least degree. If it were so, Abraham "would have whereof to glory." The "_wherefore_" is concerned with the whole record, the whole transaction. Here was a man who took the right way to receive sovereign blessing. He interposed nothing between the Promiser and himself. He treated the Promiser as what He is, all-sufficient and all-faithful. He opened his empty hand in that persuasion, and so, because the hand was empty, the blessing was laid upon its palm. [Sidenote: Ver. 23.] =Now it was not written only on his account, that it was reckoned to him,= [Sidenote: Ver. 24.] =but also on account of us, to whom it is sure (μέλλει) to be reckoned,= in the fixed intention of the divine Justifier, as each successive applicant comes to receive; =believing as we do on the Raiser-up of Jesus our Lord from the dead;= [Sidenote: Ver. 25.] =who was delivered up on account of our transgressions, and was raised up on account of our justification.=