¹³ Sin was in the world before ·the law of Moses [^Lthe law], but sin is not ·counted against us as breaking a command [charged to one’s account; recorded as sin] when there is no law [4:15]. ¹⁴ But from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, ·everyone had to die [^Ldeath reigned/ruled], even those who had not sinned ·by breaking a command, as Adam had [^Lin the likeness of Adam’s disobedience/transgression].

Adam was ·like [a type/pattern/prefigurement of] the One who was coming in the future. ¹⁵ But ·God’s free gift [^Lthe gift] is not like Adam’s ·sin [violation; transgression]. [^LFor if] Many people died because of the ·sin [violation; transgression] of that one man. ·But the grace from God was much greater, since many people received God’s gift of life [^L…how much more did God’s grace and gift abound/multiply to the many] by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ [^Cthe death of the “one” saved the “many”; see v. 19; Is. 53:11].