"Here is the greatest deception that can affect the human mind; these persons believe that they are right when they are wrong. They think that they are doing a great work in their religious life, but Jesus finally tears off their self-righteous covering and vividly presents before them the true picture of themselves in all their wrongs and deformity of religious character. They are found wanting when it is forever too late to have their wants supplied. God has provided means to correct the erring: yet if those who err, choose to follow their own judgment, and despise the means which He has ordained to correct them and unite them upon the truth, they will be brought into the position described by the words of our Lord quoted above. 1T 417.1"
"Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:"
This is a duplicate of pair 1. The EGW passage directly references the Laodicean church's self-deception and spiritual poverty, mirroring the description in Revelation 3:17. The themes of self-righteousness and being unaware of one's true spiritual condition are central to both passages.
"And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."
Both passages deal with the idea of people believing they are doing God's work but ultimately being rejected by Jesus. The EGW passage speaks of Jesus tearing off the self-righteous covering, while Matthew 7:23 describes Jesus saying, "I never knew you." The connection lies in the ultimate rejection despite perceived righteousness.
"When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:"
Both passages address the theme of being shut out from God's presence despite a late attempt to gain entry. The EGW passage speaks of being "found wanting when it is forever too late," while Luke 13:25 describes the master shutting the door. The connection is in the finality of the rejection.
"God is bringing out a people and preparing them to stand as one, united, to speak the same things, and thus carry out the prayer of Christ for His disciples. “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word; that they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.” 1T 417.2"
"Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;"
EGW directly quotes John 17:20.
"That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me."
EGW directly quotes John 17:21.
"Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."
This is a duplicate of pair 1. Both passages emphasize unity and speaking the same thing, though EGW directly quotes John 17 elsewhere in the same paragraph. The connection to 1 Corinthians 1:10 is valid but less direct than the John 17 connection.