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Nevertheless, death
"Even though what I have just said is true, death" or "There was no written law from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, but death." (See: Romans 5:13)
death ruled from Adam until Moses
Paul is speaking of death as if it were a king who ruled. Alternate translation: "people continued to die from the time of Adam until the time of Moses as a consequence of their sin" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
even over those who did not sin like Adam's disobedience
"even people whose sins were different from Adam's continue to die"
who is a pattern of him who was to come
Adam was a pattern of Christ, who appeared much later. He had much in common with him.