 By this the Spirit of God is known: and the eclectic critical text have ye know, with 25 of the Greek manuscripts, so almost all versions so read. I wonder if this has contributed to the use of this passage as a litmus test for demonization in some quarters. A better procedure is to use the discernment the Holy Spirit gives us. If we are to test spirits, then they most certainly exist! In todays world we desperately need the gift of discerning spirits plural. every spirit that acknowledges Jesus Christ as having come in flesh is of God, 