a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,

These people will pay the penalty and endure the punishment of everlasting destruction, banished from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

to the ruin of those who are on the path to destruction, because they have never received and loved the Truth to their own Salvation.

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also it is with you;