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They referred to the only scriptures there were at the time... what we call today the "Old Testament."
The same ones Jesus taught them from:
"...all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning Me. Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures." (Luke 24:44)
It's doubtful that any of the apostles... including Paul... believed that they were "adding" to the scriptures of God when they wrote the things they did.
When Paul wrote his edifying letters to the different Gentile churches... it's not likely that he thought or said to himself, "Well, I guess it's time to write another book of The Bible."
At the feet of Gamaliel [Acts 22:3], Paul learned the Word of God from the only Bible around... today's Old Testament. The same scriptures from which Jesus later taught him and His disciples -- only through the enlightenment and understanding of the Holy Spirit.
None of them imagined the invention of the printing press... or suspected that the preservation of their works would be discovered centuries later to "bind up" and "complete" the testimony of God for our enlightenment in these last days.
"...many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Bind up [complete] the testimony, seal the law among my disciples." (Isa.8:15-16)
They were all caught up in the time of their generation [as everyone is]. And they were obeying the scriptures of God as He gave them their understanding of them. And their generation had the "Old Testament" from which to study and teach and live... and do the works God had for them to do.
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