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Because according to NKV_Vet;

"According to Paul, the spoken words of the apostles were the word of God. In fact, when Paul wrote his second letter to the Thessalonians, he urged Christians there to receive the oral and written Traditions as equally authoritative. This would be expected because both are the word of God:"

Tradition is being masde equal to The Word of God and I don't think that is what Paul is saying.

Did you get the point that the Jewish Apostles were able to speak on behalf of the LORD with authority, guided by the Holy Spirit ? If they said it that way, it was equivalent to Scripture even if it was not written, or even if it did not somehow survive. The issue is how do we know, and the canon of Scripture was not quite settled for some time. There are many things we cannot yet know, but what we can know should be sufficient to choose the way.

This is what I see: Tradition from the Apostles given by the Spirit of God has equivalent authority, and is inspired interpretation as well. The Word (John 1) is the LORD God of Israel speaking, not every line of scripture that survived. Every word He ever spoke is incarnate in Jesus, perhaps that He ever thought. The ever expanding waves of this are beyond my understanding. Tradition must agree with the scripture, and the scripture cannot be broken; Your spirit, in the Holy Spirit, must agree as well, else how can you receive it ?. If you are not holy how can you reliably judge? So you must humble your pride, be holy, and go by the light that you have, which is enormous. The Canon of scripture gives you everything you need to make your decision to live or die forever. The secret things belong to the LORD: but those things that are revealed belong unto us and our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.