"In the renewed heart there will be a fixed principle to obey the will of God, because there is a love for what is just, and good, and holy. There will be no hesitating, conferring with the taste, or studying of convenience, or moving in a certain course because others do so. Everyone should live for himself. The minds of all who are renewed by grace will be an open medium, continually receiving light, grace, and truth from above, and transmitting the same to others. Their works are fruitful. Their fruit is unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 2T 488.1"
"But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life."
The EGW passage directly echoes the language of Romans 6:22, particularly the phrase 'fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.' The context of a renewed heart producing holy fruit strongly suggests a deliberate connection.
"But very few have an experimental knowledge of the sanctifying influence of the truths which they profess. Their obedience and devotion have not been in accordance with their light and privileges. They have no real sense of the obligation resting upon them to walk as children of the light, and not as children of darkness. If the light that has been given to these had been given Sodom and Gomorrah, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes, and would have escaped the signal wrath of God. It will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for those who have been privileged with the clear light, and have had a vast amount of labor, but have not profited by it. They have neglected the great salvation which God in mercy was willing to bestow. They were so blinded by the devil that they verily thought themselves rich and in the favor of God, when the True Witness declares them to be wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. 2T 488.2"
"But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee."
The EGW passage explicitly references Sodom and Gomorrah and the idea that it will be 'more tolerable' for them in the day of judgment, directly mirroring Matthew 11:24. The context of judgment and accountability for light received further strengthens the connection.