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The apostles didn't consider themselves to be writing scripture.

They were writing letters to the congregations they had nurtured, and to their own disciples, about the important challenges they faced.

To them Tanakh were the only scripture there were.
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"The apostles didn't consider themselves to be writing scripture. To them Tanakh were the only scripture there were."

Yet the Apostle Peter specifically referred to the letters of the Apostle Paul as scripture.