2 Thessalonians 1:5-9 a token of the righteous judgment of God that you should be deemed worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer,

Sawyer⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ a token of the righteous judgment of God that you should be deemed worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer, ⁶ since it is just with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you, ⁷ and to you who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels ⁸ in a flame of fire, executing judgment on all that know not God and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus; ⁹ who shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power,