Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ephesians 2:12-13

"that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ." — Ephesians 2:12-13 (ASV)

And without God in the world:

But now Oh! what a contrast.