"The Holy Spirit as an Educator God takes men as they are, and educates them for His service, if they will yield themselves to Him. The Spirit of God, received into the soul, quickens all its faculties. Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the mind that is devoted unreservedly to God, develops harmoniously, and is strengthened to comprehend and fulfil the requirements of God. The weak, vacillating character becomes changed to one of strength and steadfastness. Continual devotion establishes so close a relation between Jesus and His disciples that the Christian becomes like his Master in character. He has clearer, broader views. His discernment is more penetrative, his judgment better balanced. So quickened is he by the life-giving power of the Sun of Righteousness, that he is enabled to bear much fruit to the glory of God. GW 285"
"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."
Both passages discuss the transformative power of the Holy Spirit, leading to a change in character and a closer resemblance to Christ. 2 Corinthians 3:18 speaks of being changed into the same image as Christ by the Spirit, while the EGW passage describes how the Spirit quickens faculties and develops a character like Christ's.
"We cannot use the Holy Spirit; the Spirit is to use us. Through the Spirit, God works in His people “to will and to do of His good pleasure.” [ Philippians 2:13 .] But many will not submit to be led. They want to manage themselves. This is why they do not receive the heavenly gift. Only to those who wait humbly upon God, who watch for His guidance and grace, is the Spirit given. This promised blessing, claimed by faith, brings all other blessings in its train. It is given according to the riches of the grace of Christ, and He is ready to supply every soul according to the capacity to receive. GW 285.1"
"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure."
Ellen White directly references Philippians 2:13 in this passage.
"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."
The EGW passage directly quotes Philippians 2:13 and elaborates on the role of the Holy Spirit in enabling believers to do God's will. It also connects this to the reception of the Holy Spirit and its blessings, which aligns with the broader theme of John 14:26 regarding the Holy Spirit's role as a comforter and teacher.
"The impartation of the Spirit is the impartation of the life of Christ. Those only who are thus taught of God, those only who possess the inward working of the Spirit, and in whose life the Christ-life is manifested, can stand as true representatives of the Saviour. GW 285.2"
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
Both passages emphasize the idea of Christ living in the believer. Galatians 2:20 explicitly states that Christ lives in the believer, while the EGW passage speaks of the impartation of the Spirit as the impartation of the life of Christ and the manifestation of the Christ-life in the believer's life.