kakia denotes harmful moral conduct or disposition that is rejected, and in one context the trouble allotted to a day.

The dominant usage concerns harmful moral conduct or disposition, especially as something to put away, avoid, repent of, or refuse as a cover for freedom; it occurs amid lists of destructive attitudes and actions. A rarer use describes the trouble that belongs to a particular day.

1. Harmful conduct or malicious disposition · dominant

   In 1 Peter 2:1, the accusative singular form occurs in the instruction to put aside it together with deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and slanders; the APB renders the clause "putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all slanders." In Colossians 3:8 and Ephesians 4:31, it is included among attitudes and speech-related behavior to be put away, while Acts 8:22 identifies a person's wrongdoing as something requiring repentance. 1 Peter 2:16 contrasts freedom with using it as a covering for such conduct.

   1 Peter 2:1Colossians 3:8Ephesians 4:31Acts 8:221 Peter 2:16Romans 1:29
2. Trouble belonging to a day · rare

   In Matthew 6:34, the nominative singular form is predicated of the day as having its own sufficient burden; the APB renders, "Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." This is a concrete adverse circumstance rather than an item in a moral list.

   Matthew 6:34

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously uses "evil," "malice," "wickedness," and "trouble" in these verses. Because its English is a whole-verse translation, this variation reflects the clauses' broader presentation and should not by itself define separate meanings.