Wright notices in his lecture C1 of his “Romans in a Week” seminar, that Paul uses the same word for Christian behavior (“we boast”) that he condemns in chapters 2 and 3 or Romans regarding “boasting” in the Law.  He expresses a wish for an English word that could be used in all cases but that worked better than “boasting.”

We need a word which will say, “This is our ground of confidence. This is the place on which we stand secure.” Because, of course, the whole point about the Christian security [i.e. as opposed to those who “boast in the Law”], the “boast” of 5.1-11, is that it is not a boast in oneself. It is not a boast in one’s ethnicity or pride of attainment of whatever sort. It is simply a looking at what God has done in Christ.

Pretty devious for the pre-eminent author of works-righteousness in our time to teach such stuff.  Because, we know that the entire Reformed guardian class cannot possibly be either stupid or driven by jealousy to be mis-characterizing Wright’s teaching so drastically.  This must be a feint.