word: Greek λόγος (*logos*). This is not capitalized because the UPDV reserves the title 'Speech' (capitalized) for the Johannine corpus (John 1:1, 1 John 1:1, Revelation 19:13) where λόγος functions as a recognized Christological title. In Greeks, λόγος more likely refers to the message or revelation sent through the Son, not a title of the Son himself. See Lienhard, 'The Christology of the Epistle to Diognetus' (1970).

as to men: some editors insert the Greek word for 'man' before 'to men,' yielding 'as man, to men.' This edition follows the manuscript reading without the insertion, on the principle that the harder reading is more likely original: an explicit statement of the incarnation would be extraordinary in a document that nowhere else mentions this doctrine. See Lienhard (1970); Marrou.

There is a lacuna (gap in the text) after this verse. An unknown amount of text has been lost between 7:6 and 7:7.