That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
All Commentaries on Ephesians 2:12 Go To Ephesians 2
Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
Them to remember, that at the time when they were Gentiles they were without Christ, aliens from (the commonwealth of) Israel, without intercourse, without the covenants and any hope of promise, nay, without God, even in his own world.
Who is now in some sense an "alien "and "stranger."