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1Jn_5:17. To guard against indifference to transgressions occurring in the Christian’s life, the apostle continues: πᾶσα ἀδικία ἁμαρτία ἐστί .
ἀδικία is not synonymous with ἀνομία , chap. 1Jn_3:4; for whilst ἀνομία there serves to strengthen the idea ἁμαρτία , the idea ἀδικία is here more particularly defined and strengthened by ἁμαρτία ; ἀδικία , namely, is the character of every offence against that which is right, “every breach of duty” (Meyer). Though, on the one hand, every such transgression is sin; yet, on the other hand, it must be maintained that every sin does not lead to death; hence καὶ ἔστιν ἁμαρτία οὐ πρὸς θάνατον : καί is not adversative, but serves to emphasize the thought.
οὐ πρὸς θάνατον does not belong to ἐστιν (Luther: “some sin is not to death”), but to ἁμαρτία : “there is sin not unto death.”