# Know this first
"Know this as the most important thing." See how you translated this in [2 Peter 1:20](../01/19.md).
# proceed according to their own desires
Here the word "desires" refers to sinful desires that are opposed to God's will. Alternate translation: "live according to their own sinful desires" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# proceed
act, behave