"Are there not some lessons which the educators of our day might learn with profit from the ancient schools of the Hebrews? He who created man has provided for his development in body and mind and soul. Hence, real success in education depends upon the fidelity with which men carry out the Creator's plan. PP 595.1"
"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Both passages touch on the holistic development of the individual (spirit, soul, and body). EGW speaks of the Creator's plan for development, while 1 Thessalonians speaks of being preserved blameless in spirit, soul, and body.
"The true object of education is to restore the image of God in the soul. In the beginning God created man in His own likeness. He endowed him with noble qualities. His mind was well balanced, and all the powers of his being were harmonious. But the Fall and its effects have perverted these gifts. Sin has marred and well-nigh obliterated the image of God in man. It was to restore this that the plan of salvation was devised, and a life of probation was granted to man. To bring him back to the perfection in which he was first created is the great object of life—the object that underlies every other. It is the work of parents and teachers, in the education of the youth, to co-operate with the divine purpose; and in so doing they are “laborers together with God.” 1 Corinthians 3:9 . PP 595.2"
"For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building."
Ellen White directly references 1 Corinthians 3:9 in this passage.
"All the varied capabilities that men possess—of mind and soul and body—are given them by God, to be so employed as to reach the highest possible degree of excellence. But this cannot be a selfish and exclusive culture; for the character of God, whose likeness we are to receive, is benevolence and love. Every faculty, every attribute, with which the Creator has endowed us is to be employed for His glory and for the uplifting of our fellow men. And in this employment is found its purest, noblest, and happiest exercise. PP 595.3"
"Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God."
Both passages directly connect actions and capabilities to the glory of God. EGW elaborates on using one's abilities for God's glory and the uplifting of others, which is a specific application of the general principle in 1 Corinthians 10:31.
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
The EGW passage mentions receiving the likeness of God, which directly relates to Genesis 1:27, where it states that man was created in God's image. EGW expands on this by connecting it to benevolence and love.
"or being actuated by the desire for self-exaltation, which in itself dwarfs and belittles, the mind would be directed to the Creator, to know Him and to become like Him. PP 595.4"
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
The EGW passage connects the desire for self-exaltation with a diminished view of the Creator, contrasting it with the idea of becoming like God, which is a clear parallel to the concept of being created in God's image in Genesis 1:27.