Three Punishments
- the antediluvian world (2:5)
- cities of Sodom and Gomorrha (2:6)
- angels that sinned (2:4)

Three Personages
- Noah (2:5) by contrast
- Lot (2:7) by contrast
- Balaam (2:15)

Three Parties
- walk after the flesh (2:10)
- in the lust of uncleaness (2:10)
- despise government (2:10)

Three Propensities
- natural brute beasts (2:12) --> evil speaking and railing
- spots and blemishes (2:13) --> deception and adultery
- cursed children (2:14) --> covetous practices

Three Pictures
- clouds carried with tempest (2:17)
- wells without water (2:17)
- gloom of darkness (2:17)

Three Portrayals
- dog (2:22)
- sow (2:22)
- ass (2:16) by contrast