The Family Bible Commentary, Vol. V, Pauline Epistles , General Epistles, & Revelation.

From Christ's fullness, we have all received grace upon grace. His apostles were given the words and boldness to speak them just as He had promised them. Not all received those words as the Word of God, but to those who did receive the apostles' preaching, He has given them the power to become the children of God, born from above water and the Spirit. These letters and this Apocalypse are that preaching, the very words that Christ gave to His chosen ones and to their disciples, such as James and