What is the first step in the handbook’s three-step inductive method?

### Why this is right The inductive method begins with observation, where learners examine what the passage says. Interpretation follows, and application comes after readers have considered the passage’s meaning. ### The concept Inductive study leads learners from the details of a text toward an understanding of its meaning and use. Observation asks questions such as who, what, when, where, how, and why. It gives interpretation a basis in the passage rather than in assumption. ### The other options - **B. Application to a modern situation**: Application is the final step, after observation and interpretation. - **C. Selection of a personal illustration**: The handbook does not identify this as one of the method’s steps. - **D. Translation into another language**: Translation belongs to the process of making Scripture available in other languages, not the inductive study sequence.