"their sphere in connection with the cause of God the better will it be for the cause. Their words and acts in matters of deal are not reliable. This is the case with A B and his brothers generally. The world and the church have a right to say that their religion is vain. They are worldly and scheming, and watch their opportunity to make a close bargain. They are harsh and severe with those who are connected with them. They are envious, jealous, puffed up. 4T 331.1"
"They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate."
Both passages describe people who profess faith but whose actions contradict their profession. The specific behaviors mentioned in EGW (worldly, scheming, harsh) align with the general idea of denying God through works in Titus 1:16.