"occupy almost any position that does not require physical labor. Young women regard housework as demeaning. And although the physical exercise required to perform household labor, if not too severe, is calculated to promote health, yet they will seek for an education that will fit them to become teachers or clerks, or will learn some trade which will confine them indoors to sedentary employment. The bloom of health fades from their cheeks, and disease fastens upon them, because they are robbed of physical exercise and their habits are perverted generally. All this because it is fashionable! They enjoy delicate life, which is feebleness and decay. 3T 158.1"
"I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully."
1 Timothy 5:14 encourages younger women to marry, bear children, and guide the house, while EGW's passage criticizes young women who avoid housework and seek sedentary employment. Both passages address the role of women and the importance of domestic responsibilities, though with different perspectives on the specific activities involved.