"The inhabitants of the Noachian world were destroyed because they were corrupted through the indulgence of perverted appetite. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed through the gratification of unnatural appetite, which so benumbed the intellect that they could not discern the difference between the sacred claims of God and the clamor of appetite. The latter enslaved them, and they became so ferocious and bold in their detestable abominations that God would not tolerate them upon the earth. God ascribes the wickedness of Babylon to her gluttony and drunkenness. 3T 162.2"
"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."
The EGW passage explicitly mentions the destruction of the Noachian world and Sodom and Gomorrah, linking their downfall to corrupted appetites. This directly alludes to the Genesis account of the wickedness of man, even though it focuses on a specific cause.
"The apostle Paul exhorts the church: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” Men, then, can make their bodies unholy by sinful indulgences. If unholy, they are unfitted to be spiritual worshipers and are not worthy of heaven. If man will cherish the light that God in mercy gives him upon health reform, he may be sanctified through the truth and fitted for immortality. But if he disregards that light and lives in violation of natural law he must pay the penalty. 3T 162.3"
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."
The EGW passage directly quotes Romans 12:1 and builds upon it, explaining how sinful indulgences can make the body unholy and unfit for spiritual worship. This is a clear and direct allusion.
"God created man perfect and holy. But man fell from his holy estate because he transgressed God's law. Since the Fall there has been a rapid increase of disease, suffering, and death. Yet notwithstanding man has insulted his Creator, God's love is still extended to the race; and He permits light to shine that man may see that in order to live a perfect life he must live in harmony with those natural laws which govern his being. Therefore it is of the greatest importance that he know how to live so that his powers of body and mind may be exercised to the glory of God. 3T 162.4"
"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s."
Both passages connect physical health and glorifying God. EGW expands on the idea of the body as a temple by linking it to natural laws and the consequences of sin.
"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day."
Both passages discuss God's creation of man as perfect and good. While the EGW passage goes on to discuss the fall and the importance of living in harmony with natural laws, the initial statement echoes the sentiment in Genesis 1:31. The connection is thematic, focusing on the original state of creation.