Which of the following is a sound hermeneutical practice for responsibly applying an ancient biblical text to contemporary situations?

### Why this is right - **Understand a passage in its original context before applying it**: Context helps establish what the passage says and means. - **Build a bridge between the biblical world and present circumstances**: The handbook describes application as a return journey to the reader’s situation. - **Look for universal human experience in the passage**: Such experience helps connect ancient particulars with contemporary life. ### The concept Application is not a shortcut from a verse to a personal opinion. It follows contextual interpretation and asks how enduring meaning speaks to a new situation. ### The other options - **Skip the passage’s literal details to reach a modern lesson faster**: The handbook says those details must be understood before readers look through them to their own lives.