"Physical exercise and labor combined have a happy influence upon the mind, strengthen the muscles, improve the circulation, and give the invalid the satisfaction of knowing his own power of endurance; whereas, if he is restricted from healthful exercise and physical labor, his attention is turned to himself. He is in constant danger of thinking himself worse than he really is and of having established within him a diseased imagination which causes him to continually fear that he is overtaxing his powers of endurance. As a general thing, if he should engage in some well-directed labor, using his strength and not abusing it, he would find that physical exercise would prove a more powerful and effective agent in his recovery than even the water treatment he is receiving. 4T 94.2"
"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 states that bodily exercise profits little compared to godliness, the EGW passage elaborates on the benefits of physical exercise, particularly for invalids. There is a thematic parallel in that both passages address the value of physical activity, but from different perspectives. The EGW passage doesn't contradict the Bible verse, but rather provides a nuanced application of the principle.