No, it does not, BB.
In my lowly, non-scholarly opinion, the NWT's version is needlessly pedantic.
Of course, The Message Bible has its drawbacks, too, but I simply love it.
Listen:
1 John 4:1 My dear friends, don't believe everything you hear. Carefully weigh and examine what people tell you. Not everyone who talks about God comes from God. There are a lot of lying preachers loose in the world. The Message Bible
It kicks butt, doesn't it?
Syl