1 Peter 1:23 - Born again of incorruptible seed?

Does 1 Peter 1:23 have conditions?

1 Peter 1:23: "having-been-born-again not from corruptible SEED but incorruptible, through (the) living and abiding WORD (OF) GOD to the age."

Conditions:

It is written: "having-been-born-again not from corruptible SEED but incorruptible, through (the) living and abiding WORD (of) GOD" (1 Peter 1:23)?

The Greek word for "SEED" (spora 4701 in Greek) comes from the Greek word for "to-sow" (speiró 4687 in Greek). This Greek word was used in a parable from Jesus. 

To illustrate the idea that one would be born again from incorruptible "SEED" (1 Peter 1:23) through the "WORD (of) GOD" (1 Peter 1:23), Jesus would have given "the parable (of) the (one) having-sown (speirantos 4687 in Greek)" (Matthew 13:18) in which "the seed is the WORD (of) GOD" (Luke 8:11). In it, some "are-welcoming the WORD with joy when they-hear (it)" (Luke 8:13) and "are-believing" (Luke 8:13). These could be said to "be-saved, having-believed" (Luke 8:12).

Now Jesus indicated that there were conditions after one could "be-saved, having-believed" (Luke 8:12) after receiving "the seed" (Luke 8:11). Indeed, Jesus indicated that some "are-believing for (a) time, and are-departing in (a) time (of) testing" (Luke 8:13).

How is it possible that Jesus would have indicated that some "are-departing" (Luke 8:13) if they would have been born again from an "incorruptible" (1 Peter 1:23) SEED?

There would be conditions attached to "the seed" (Luke 8:11) for its effects to take place in the present. The Greek word for "having-been-born-again" (1 Peter 1:23) is the Perfect tense, which means an action viewed as having been completed in the past, yet having results occurring in the present. The effects of the "SEED" (1 Peter 1:23) in the present would be conditional upon the person that received it.

To illustrate this, Jesus would have described a soil having received "the seed" (Luke 8:11), which would describe a person "having-been-born-again" (1 Peter 1:23) from incorruptible "SEED" (1 Peter 1:23), but then the soil would not meet the other conditions for this seed to have its effects in the present. 

The soil was described for example as "not having (a) depth (of) soil" (Matthew 13:5), thus not allowing the seed to have a root in order for its effects to come about in the present. This is why Jesus would have described that even after receiving the seed it is possible for some that "these do not have (a) root — (they are ones) who are-believing for (a) time, and are-departing" (Luke 8:13). The issue here was not the seed, but the "depth (of) soil" (Matthew 13:5).

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