Problem with this passage is few venture further with their reading. One of the GB commented concerning this passage. It's a 'hypothetical impossibility.' Unfortunately one cannot wish it away. It was added by Jesus for a reason, especially the part of 'beating the slaves' as well as 'the eating and drinking with cofirmed drunkards,' e.g., Babylon the Great (cf. Rev. 17:2). So, there is risk involved for anyone that insists on applying the passage to himself:
48 But if ever that evil slave should say in his heart, My master is delaying,
49 and should start to beat his fellow slaves and should eat and drink with the confirmed drunkards,
50 the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know,
51 and will punish him with the greatest severity and will assign him his part with the hypocrites. There is where [his] weeping and the gnashing of [his] teeth will be. (Matt. 24:48-51 NWT)