"The Corinthian believers needed a deeper experience in the things of God. They did not know fully what it meant to behold His glory and to be changed from character to character. They had seen but the first rays of the early dawn of that glory. Paul's desire for them was that they might be filled with all the fullness of God, following on to know Him whose going forth is prepared as the morning, and continuing to learn of Him until they should come into the full noontide of a perfect gospel faith. AA 307.2"
"And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God."
The EGW passage alludes to Ephesians 3:19 by using the phrase "filled with all the fullness of God" and connects it to the Corinthian believers' need for a deeper spiritual experience. The connection is clear and intentional.
"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."
The EGW passage directly references the concept of being changed into the same image from glory to glory, echoing the core idea of 2 Corinthians 3:18. The phrase 'beholding His glory and to be changed from character to character' is a clear parallel. The original relation type was too weak.
"Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth."
The phrase 'whose going forth is prepared as the morning' is a direct quote from Hosea 6:3. EGW uses this phrase in the context of spiritual growth and knowing God, which aligns with the verse's meaning. The original relation type was too weak.