Joh 15:2, 1Cor 9:25-26 | ESV | STEP | Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away , and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes , that it may bear more fruit .

John 15:2

2 ^aEvery branch in me that does not bear fruit ^bhe takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^cthat it may bear more fruit.

1 Corinthians 9:25-26

25 Every ^dathlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we ^ean imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I ^fdo not box as one ^gbeating the air.