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Nevertheless
AT: "Yet" or "There was no written law from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, but" (see Romans 5:12)
death ruled from Adam until Moses
Paul is comparing death to a king. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor). AT: "people continued to die from the time of Adam until the time of Moses as a consequence of their sin"
even over those who did not sin like Adam’s disobedience
AT: "even people whose sins were different from Adam’s continue to die"
who is a figure of him who was to come
Adam was a pattern of Christ, who appeared much later. He had much in common with him.
For if...the many died...much more did the grace of God and the gift...abound
It is important that "the many died," but it is more important that "the grace of God and the gift" abounded.
much more did the grace...and the gift...abound
"the grace...and the gift" were greater and stronger than the "trespass."