"For young men there should be establishments where they could learn different trades which would bring into exercise their muscles as well as their mental powers. If the youth can have but a one-sided education, which is of the greater consequence, a knowledge of the sciences,—with all the disadvantages to health and life, —or a knowledge of labor for practical life? We unhesitatingly answer: The latter. If one must be neglected, let it be the study of books. 3T 156.1"
"For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."
While 1 Timothy 4:8 emphasizes godliness over bodily exercise, EGW's passage discusses the importance of physical labor alongside mental development, even suggesting prioritizing practical skills over academics if a choice must be made. Both passages address the value of physical and spiritual/mental development, though with differing emphases.