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"Men professing godliness offer their bodies upon Satan's altar and burn the incense of tobacco to his satanic majesty. Does this statement seem severe? Certainly, the offering is presented to some deity. As God is pure and holy, and will accept nothing defiling in its character, He must refuse this expensive, filthy, and unholy sacrifice; therefore we conclude that Satan is the one who claims the honor. SL 31.1"
Related principle 95% 1 Corinthians 6:19
"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?"
While not a direct quote, the concept of offering the body to a deity (Satan in this case) is a parallel to the idea of the body being a temple, as described in 1 Corinthians 6:19. The idea of the body as an altar is a reasonable interpretation.
"Jesus died to rescue man from the grasp of Satan. He came to set us free by the blood of His atoning sacrifice. The man who has become the property of Jesus Christ, and whose body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, will not be enslaved by the pernicious habit of tobacco using. His powers belong to Christ, who has bought him with the price of blood. His property is the Lord's. How, then, can he be guiltless in expending every day the Lord's entrusted capital to gratify an appetite which has no foundation in nature? SL 31.2"
Likely biblical basis 100% 1 Corinthians 6:20
"For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s."
EGW directly connects the idea of being bought with a price (Christ's blood) to the principle of glorifying God in one's body, as stated in 1 Corinthians 6:20. She applies this to the specific issue of tobacco use.
Related principle 95% 1 Peter 1:18-19
"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:"
EGW's statement about being redeemed by the blood of Christ echoes the sentiment in 1 Peter 1:18-19. While not a direct quote, the thematic connection is clear and supports her argument against tobacco use.

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