Why should not this labor for the youth in our borders be regarded as the highest kind of missionary work? It will require the most delicate tact, the most thoughtful consideration, the most earnest prayer that heavenly wisdom may be imparted. The youth are the objects of Satan's special attacks; but kindness, courtesy, that tender sympathy that flows from a heart filled with love to Jesus, will give you access to them. You may win their confidence so that they will listen to your words, and thus be saved from many a snare of the enemy. CE 222.3 When the youth give their hearts to God, your care for them should not cease. Lay some special responsibility upon them. Make them feel that they are expected to do something. The Lord chooses them because they are strong. Teach them to labor in a quiet, unpretending way, for their young companions. Let different branches of the missionary work be laid out systematically, and let instruction and help be given, so that the young may learn to act…
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
The EGW passage directly expands on the principle of training up youth, emphasizing the importance of kindness, prayer, and assigning responsibility, aligning with the proverb's focus on guiding children in the right way.
"To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some."
Both passages emphasize adapting to others (youth/weak) to win them over. The EGW passage focuses on kindness and sympathy to reach the youth, while 1 Corinthians 9:22 speaks of becoming all things to all men to save some.