# the law came in
Here Paul speaks of the law as if it were a person. AT: "God gave his law to Moses" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
# sin abounded
"sin increased"
# grace abounded even more
Here "grace" refers to God's undeserved blessings. AT: "God continued to act even more kindly toward them, in a way that they did not deserve" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])