And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
All [THE, Greek] things - all our privileges in this new creation (2 Corinthians 5:14-15).
Reconciled us, х katallaxantos (G2644)] - restored us ("the world," 2 Corinthians 5:19) to His favour by satisfying the claims of justice against us. The aorist implies that the reconciliation is a past accomplished fact. Our position judicially considered in the eye of the law is altered, not as though Christ's mediation made a change in God's character, nor as if the love of God was produced by it: nay, the mediation and sacrifice of Christ were the provision of God's love, not its moving cause (Romans 8:32). Christ's blood was the price paid at the expense of God Himself, to reconcile the exercise of mercy with justice, not as separate, but as the eternally harmonious attributes in the same God (Romans 3:25-26). 'Reconcile' is reciprocally used as the Hebrew Hithpael conjugation, appease, obtain the favour of. Matthew 5:24, "Be reconciled to thy brother" - i:e., take measures that he be reconciled to thee, as well as thou to him, as the context proves. х Diallageethi (G1259), however (Matthew 5:24), implying mutual reconciliation, is distinct from katallassoon (G2644) (2 Corinthians 5:19), which implies the change of status worked in one of the two parties.] God reconciles the world to Himself (2 Corinthians 5:19) - namely, by "not imputing their trespasses unto them." God reconciles the world unto Himself, in the first instance, by satisfying His own justice and righteous enmity against sin (Psalms 7:11; Isaiah 12:1). Compare 1 Samuel 29:4 х yitratseh (H7521) zeh (H2088) 'el(hSN-410) 'Adonaay (G136)], "Reconcile himself unto his master:" not remove his own anger against his master, but his master's against him (Dr. Magee, 'Atonement'). The reconciling of men to God by their laying aside their enmity is the consequence of God laying aside His just enmity against their sin, and follows at 2 Corinthians 5:20.
To us - ministers (2 Corinthians 5:19-20).