"Association With Others While at school, students should not allow their minds to become confused by thoughts of courtship. They are there to gain a fitness to work for God, and this thought is ever to be uppermost. Let all students take as broad a view as possible of their obligations to God. Let them study earnestly how they can do practical work for the Master during their student life. Let them refuse to burden the souls of their teachers by showing a spirit of levity and a careless disregard of rules. CT 100"
"And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"
The EGW passage directly echoes the sentiment of doing all things as unto the Lord, emphasizing dedication and purpose in one's actions, particularly within the context of education and service to God.
"With energy and fidelity our youth should meet the demands upon them, and this will be a guarantee of success. Young men who have never made a success in the temporal duties of life will be equally unprepared to engage in the higher duties. A religious experience is gained only through conflict, through disappointment, through severe discipline of self, through earnest prayer. The steps to heaven must be taken one at a time, and every advance step gives strength for the next. CT 100.1"
"I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."
EGW's description of gaining religious experience through conflict, discipline, and prayer, and taking 'steps to heaven one at a time' strongly parallels Paul's statement in Philippians 3:14 about pressing toward the mark for the prize. Both emphasize perseverance and striving towards a goal.
"Students can do much to make the school a success by working with their teachers to help other students, and by zealously endeavoring to lift themselves above cheap, low standards. Those who co-operate with Christ will become refined in speech and in temper. They will not be unruly and self-caring, studying their own selfish pleasure and gratification. They will bend all their efforts to work with Christ as messengers of His mercy and love. They are one with Him in spirit and in action. They seek to store the mind with the precious treasures of God's word, that each may do his appointed work. CT 100.3"
"For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building."
Both passages emphasize working together with God. The EGW passage speaks of cooperation with Christ and being messengers of His mercy, while 1 Corinthians 3:9 states that believers are laborers together with God.