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Piper sustains three arguments against Wright in The Future of Justification:

1. the nature of God

according to Piper, Wright holds that those of us in Christ are declared righteous because God has declared Christ righteous. Piper holds that those of us in Christ are declared righteous because God has declared Christ righteous AND imputed Christ's righteousness to those of us in Christ.

2. the nature of justification

according to Piper, Wright holds that justification is by faith in the present and by works in the future. Piper holds that justification is by faith alone.

3. the nature of legalism

according to Piper, Wright holds that works of the law are ethnocentric (soft legalism). Piper holds that works of the law are ethnocentric AND moralistic (hard legalism).