2 Corinthians 5:18

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation.

All things are of God ... The marvelous blessings "in Christ" are of God, as Paul would explain a moment later, because God was in Christ, Christ being called GOD no less than ten times in the Greek New Testament. It was the Second Person of the Godhead, however, who entered earth life as a man, bore the sins of the whole world and offered himself upon Calvary as a propitiation for the sins of the whole world.

Who reconciled us ... People are the ones who need to be reconciled; and this thought is again implied here.

And gave unto us ... This is a reference to the apostles of Christ, to whom was committed the ministry of reconciliation, meaning the glad news of the redemption available to every man "in Christ." In a far lesser sense, every Christian is also a custodian of the good news; but in the original and plenary sense, this applies only to the apostles of Christ.