'Precious' in the Bible

But we have this precious treasure [the good news about salvation] in [unworthy] earthen vessels [of human frailty], so that the grandeur and surpassing greatness of the power will be [shown to be] from God [His sufficiency] and not from ourselves.

Now thanks be to God for His indescribable gift [which is precious beyond words]!

Yet I consider myself in no way inferior to the [so-called] super-apostles.