"Chapter 52—Steadfast Unto the End This chapter is based on the Epistles Second Epistle of Peter . In the second letter addressed by Peter to those who had obtained “like precious faith” with himself, the apostle sets forth the divine plan for the development of Christian character. He writes: AA 529"
"Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:"
The EGW passage explicitly states that the chapter is based on 2 Peter, and quotes 2 Peter 1:1. This is a direct and intentional connection.
"“Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. AA 529.2"
"Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,"
The EGW passage directly quotes 2 Peter 1:2. It's a clear and undeniable explicit allusion.
"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."
The EGW passage directly quotes 2 Peter 1:4. It's a clear and undeniable explicit allusion.
"“And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” AA 529.3"
"And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;"
The EGW passage is a direct quote from 2 Peter 1:5.
"For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."
The EGW passage is a direct quote from 2 Peter 1:8.