"Of late years the dangers resulting from compression of the waist have been so fully discussed that few can be ignorant in regard to them; yet so great is the power of fashion that the evil continues. By this practice, women and young girls are doing themselves untold harm. It is essential to health that the chest have room to expand to its fullest extent in order that the lungs may be enabled to take full inspiration. When the lungs are restricted, the quantity of oxygen received into them is lessened. The blood is not properly vitalized, and the waste, poisonous matter which should be thrown off through the lungs is retained. In addition to this the circulation is hindered, and the internal organs are so cramped and crowded out of place that they cannot perform their work properly. CT 305.1"
"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?"
Similar to pair 1, this passage discusses the importance of caring for the body, which aligns with the principle of treating the body as a temple. The connection is more direct here as it speaks to the health consequences of mistreating the body.
"Tight lacing does not improve the form. One of the chief elements in physical beauty is symmetry, the harmonious proportion of parts. And the correct model for physical development is to be found, not in the figures displayed by French modistes, but in the human form as developed according to the laws of God in nature. God is the author of all beauty, and only as we conform to His ideal shall we approach the standard of true beauty. CT 305.2"
"I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."
EGW's statement about God being the author of beauty and conforming to His ideal parallels the Psalm's declaration of being 'fearfully and wonderfully made' by God. Both emphasize God's role in the creation and perfection of the human form.
"body have more than is required, others are insufficiently clad. The feet and limbs, being remote from the vital organs, should be especially guarded from cold by abundant clothing. It is impossible to have health when the extremities are habitually cold; for if there is too little blood in them, there will be too much in other portions of the body. Perfect health requires a perfect circulation; but this cannot be had while three or four times as much clothing is worn upon the body where the vital organs are situated as upon the feet and limbs. CT 305.3"
"That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another."
The Bible verse speaks of the importance of all parts of the body being cared for equally. EGW's statement about clothing the extremities adequately to maintain proper circulation echoes this theme of balanced care for all parts of the body.